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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orbъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (orphan). According to the majority view, cognate with Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, orphaned), Latin orbus (orphaned), Old Armenian որբ (orb, orphan; orphaned) and Sanskrit अर्भ (árbha, small). Per Derksen, probably also cognate with Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz.

Noun

*orbъ m [1]

  1. servant, slave

Declension

Derived terms

  • *orběti
  • *orbinъ
  • *orbiti
  • *orbota
  • *orbovati
  • *orbyni
  • *orbьcь
  • *orbьja
  • *orbьjь
  • *orbьnъ
  • *orbьskъ
  • *orbьstvo
  • *orb(j)enьje
  • *orbotati
  • *orbotędzь / *orbotęgъ / *orbotęga
  • *orbotiti
  • *orbotizna / *orbotiznь
  • *orboťь
  • *orbotъka
  • *orbotьlivъ
  • *orbotьnъ
  • *orbotьnica
  • *orbotьnikъ
  • *orbotьničь
  • *orbę

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: робъ (robŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*orbъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373: “m. o ‘servant, slave’”
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