International Workers' Day

International Workers' Day.

Etymology 1

From Middle English work, werk, from Old English worc, weorc, ġeweorc, from Proto-Germanic *werką (“work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom; akin to Scots wark, Saterland Frisian Wierk, West Frisian wurk, Dutch werk, German Werk, Danish værk, Swedish verk, Icelandic verk, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌹 (gawaurki), Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”) (from ϝέργον (wérgon)), Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰 (vərəz, “to work, to perform”), Armenian գործ (gorc, “work”), Albanian argëtoj (“entertain, reward, please”). English cognates include bulwark, boulevard, energy, erg, georgic, liturgy, metallurgy, organ, surgeon, wright.

Etymology 2

From Old English wyrċan and wircan (Mercian), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Cognate with Old Frisian werka, wirka, Old Saxon wirkian, Low German warken, Dutch werken, Old High German wurken (German wirken, werken and werkeln), Old Norse yrkja and orka, (Swedish yrka and orka), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waurkjan).

Vargonai.

Wergano.

«День великого праздника рабочих всего мира» (Ленин)

Universal robots.

Раб работает.

Ура, товарищи!

• Урок.

     

• Uru.

    Ur. 

    
Ziggurat

of Ur.

Derbaną - from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerbʰ- (“to work, perish, die”).

Ech...

Tie (be)protogermanai - ko ėmėt urbti?

From earlier *arbaiþiz. Origin unclear. Maybe related to Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ, “slave”) and работа (rabota, “labour, work, job”)[1] (Proto-Slavic *orbota). Possibly also linked to a verb *arbējō, *arbijô (“be orphaned”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”, 

vargšelis...), whence Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós), Latin orbus.

Ur...

Urbi et orbi.

Darban!

Darbhá.

Дороб.

Deorfan.

Darbas.