NODE / 0116reconstructedProto-Indo-European
*h₃órbʰos
person or property transferred; bereaved person, orphan, or dependent
- DATE
- Proto-Indo-European prehistory
- SENSE
- default
- FAMILY
- Indo-European
- CANONICAL KEY
- node:6:h3orbhos:reconstructed
The exact semantic path into labor and servitude is reconstructed, not attested as a sentence.
*This form is reconstructed by comparison. It is not directly attested in this exact written form.
01ANCESTRAL EDGES
ROOT OF THIS ROOT
*THE TRAIL ENDS HERE.No securely reviewed ancestor extends beyond this node. 1 evidence path stops at this boundary.
INSPECT 1 CITED BOUNDARY CLAIM
02DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES
THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP
DESCENDANTderivationprobable
Proto-Slavic · Proto-Slavic prehistory*orbota
work; hard or obligatory labor
- SOUND
- Proto-Slavic *orbota is analyzed within the *orb- family with an abstract noun suffix; comparison reaches the Indo-European *h₃orbʰ- family.
- MEANING
- Transfer of social status, dependency, bereavement, slavery, and obligatory labor form a reconstructed semantic network—not a single literal definition.
- SCHOLAR
- Merriam-Webster · Slavic etymological lexicography
- CONFIDENCE
- probable — The family connection is strong; individual semantic bridges remain reconstructed.
03TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE
EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE
This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.
- UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
- 3
- REVIEWED EDGES
- 3
- DEEPEST PATH
- 3
- MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
- 1
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01derivationprobable
- SOUND
- Proto-Slavic *orbota is analyzed within the *orb- family with an abstract noun suffix; comparison reaches the Indo-European *h₃orbʰ- family.
- MEANING
- Transfer of social status, dependency, bereavement, slavery, and obligatory labor form a reconstructed semantic network—not a single literal definition.
Merriam-Webster · Slavic etymological lexicography2 CITATIONSEDGE 99 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE
STEP 02inheritanceprobable
- SOUND
- Czech robota continues the reconstructed Slavic form with loss of the initial vowel and regular West Slavic development.
- MEANING
- Obligatory work and drudgery preserve the inherited labor field.
Slavic etymological lexicography1 CITATIONEDGE 98 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 031 EDGE
STEP 03creative coinageestablished
- SOUND
- Josef Čapek suggested robot from Czech robota; English received the coined form through Karel Čapek's R.U.R. and its translation.
- MEANING
- Compulsory human labor was reassigned to artificial workers, then generalized to automatic machines.
“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.
04RECORDED EVIDENCE
ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE
NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.That is expected for a reconstructed form: the node is inferred from comparison, not quoted from a surviving occurrence.
05EDITORIAL REUSE
WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE