Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orbotьnikъ

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

By surface analysis, *orbotьnъ +‎ *-ikъ.

Noun

*orbotьnikъ m^[1]

servant, worker

Declension

Declension of *orbotьnikъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*orbotьnikъ	*orbotьnika	*orbotьnici
genitive	*orbotьnika	*orbotьniku	*orbotьnikъ
dative	*orbotьniku	*orbotьnikoma	*orbotьnikomъ
accusative	*orbotьnikъ	*orbotьnika	*orbotьniky
instrumental	orbotьnikъmь, orbotьnikomь^*	*orbotьnikoma	*orbotьniky
locative	*orbotьnicě	*orbotьniku	*orbotьnicěxъ
vocative	*orbotьniče	*orbotьnika	*orbotьnici

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: робітни́к (robitnýk)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: работьникъ (rabotĭnikŭ)
  - → Belarusian: рабо́тнік (rabótnik)
  - → Russian: рабо́тник (rabótnik)
- Bulgarian: рабо́тник (rabótnik)
- Macedonian: работник (rabotnik)
- Serbo-Croatian: (obsolete)
  Cyrillic script: ра̀ботнӣк
  
  Latin script: ràbotnīk
- Slovene: rabotník (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: robotník
  - Czech: robotník
- Old Polish: robotnik
  - Polish: robotnik
  - Silesian: robotnik
- Slovak: robotník
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: robòtnik
  - Slovincian: rôbôtnjik
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: robotnik
  - Upper Sorbian: robotnik

References

^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orbotьnikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 127

[1] Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orbotьnikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 127

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