Proto-Slavic *orbota is analyzed within the *orb- family with an abstract noun suffix; comparison reaches the Indo-European *h₃orbʰ- family.
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*orbota
work; hard or obligatory labor
OPEN NODE 115 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European prehistory*h₃órbʰos
person or property transferred; bereaved person, orphan, or dependent
OPEN NODE 116 ↗01
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Transfer of social status, dependency, bereavement, slavery, and obligatory labor form a reconstructed semantic network—not a single literal definition.
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Merriam-Webster · Slavic etymological lexicography
probable — The family connection is strong; individual semantic bridges remain reconstructed.
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Orphan — Indo-European EtymologyIndo-European *h₃órbhos family
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Connects Old Church Slavic rabŭ and the wider status-transfer family.
robota — Słownik etymologiczny*orbota
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Proto-Slavic labor noun.
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