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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-.
The inherited meaning "orphan" likely gave way to "worker", probably from orphans being used for forced labor by their caretakers, which is also implied by the Slavic meaning "servant, slave". In this context it is not hard to see a connection with Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz (“labor, toil”), probably through a verb *arbijaną.
Pronunciation
Noun
*arbaz m[1]
- working-animal, ox; worker
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *arbaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*arbaz
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*arbōz, *arbōs
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| vocative
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*arb
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*arbōz, *arbōs
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| accusative
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*arbą
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*arbanz
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| genitive
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*arbas, *arbis
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*arbǫ̂
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| dative
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*arbai
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*arbamaz
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| instrumental
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*arbō
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*arbamiz
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Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*arba-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32
