A ‘hudozhnyk’ ot slova ‘hudo’? Nu i zakrutyil bratan! Just kidding. My grandfather was russian and I can speak russian without an accent, although I’m not very got at writing in the said language. And since the events of the last couple of years I’m not proud of this heritage.
I wonder about the relationship between the Russian expression and the German word 'Zusammenarbeit', which I often see in German discussions of the 'cooperation' between artillery and other arms.
While the etymology of the English word "work" comes from Proto-Germanic *werka- "work" (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch werk, Old Norse verk, Middle Dutch warc, Old High German werah, German Werk, Gothic gawaurki), from PIE *werg-o-, a suffixed form of the root *werg- "to do." comes from werg- [https://www.etymonline.com/word/work]
Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to do."
So the Russian word comes from "orphan" and the English word comes from "to do."
A ‘hudozhnyk’ ot slova ‘hudo’? Nu i zakrutyil bratan! Just kidding. My grandfather was russian and I can speak russian without an accent, although I’m not very got at writing in the said language. And since the events of the last couple of years I’m not proud of this heritage.
I wonder about the relationship between the Russian expression and the German word 'Zusammenarbeit', which I often see in German discussions of the 'cooperation' between artillery and other arms.
Fascinating. More research: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1]
While the etymology of the English word "work" comes from Proto-Germanic *werka- "work" (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch werk, Old Norse verk, Middle Dutch warc, Old High German werah, German Werk, Gothic gawaurki), from PIE *werg-o-, a suffixed form of the root *werg- "to do." comes from werg- [https://www.etymonline.com/word/work]
Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to do."
So the Russian word comes from "orphan" and the English word comes from "to do."
From the same PIE root as "work" – Lithuanian vergas, Latvian vergs 'slave'.
Slavery wherever you go.