Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orbiti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *orbъ (servant, slave) +‎ *-iti.[1]

    PIE word
    *h₃órbʰos

    Verb

    *orbiti[1]

    1. to do, to work

    Inflection

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: робити (robiti)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*orbiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ро́бить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orbiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 116