Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Mokošь

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.

Literally, “she who is wet”. From *moky (“wetland”) +‎ *-ošь.^[1]

*Mokošь f^[2]

1. Mokosh (Slavic goddess of earth and fate)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: Мокошь (Mokošĭ), Мокашь (Mokašĭ, “Mokosh”)
    • Russian: мокош (mokoš), мокуш (mokuš), Мокошь (Mokošʹ), макеш (makeš, “demon, helpful spirit, mythical being”) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Russian: мо́куша (mókuša), мокуша́ (mokušá), мокоша́ (mokošá), мокуша (mokuša) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: Макешь (Makešʹ), Макош (Makoš) (dialectal?)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Мокош, Мокошка (personal name)

    Latin script: Mokoš, Mokoška (personal name)

• West Slavic:
  • >? Czech: Mokošín (toponym)
    • Moravian: >? mokeš (“nickname”)
  • Old Polabian: *Mokos
    • → Latin: Mukus, Mukes (learned)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мокоша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress