Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Mokošь
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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 *moky (“wetland”) + *-ošь, literally “she who is wet”.
Proper noun
- Mokosh (Slavic goddess of earth and fate)
Inflection
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | *Mokošь |
| genitive | *Mokoši |
| dative | *Mokoši |
| accusative | *Mokošь |
| instrumental | *Mokošьjǫ, *Mokošǫ* |
| locative | *Mokoši |
| vocative | *Mokoši |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
Related terms (90)
- *makati
- *moča, *močь (“wetness, puddle, urine”)
- *močarъ, *močara
- *močati
- *močera, *močerъ
- *močeradъ
- *močiti (“to wet”)
- *močьva
- *močurъ
- *moklъ
- *moknǫti
- *mokosъ
- *mokrьnъ
- *mokrъ (“wet, damp”)
- *mokъ
- *moky
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: Мокош, Мокошка (personal name)
- Latin script: Mokoš, Mokoška (personal name)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Michał Łuczyński (2020) “2.1.9 Srus. Mokošь”, in Bogowie dawnych Słowian. Studium onomastyczne, Kielce: Kieleckie Towarzystwo Naukowe, →ISBN, pages 134-137
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mokošь / *mokoša”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 131
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мокоша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress