вельможа

By surface analysis, вельми (velĭmi, “much”) +‎ мог- (mog-, “be able to”) +‎ -ꙗ (-ja).

вельможа • (velĭmoža) m

1. aristocrat

• Bulgarian: велмо́жа (velmóža)
• → Macedonian: велможа (velmoža)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  → Cyrillic script: вѐлможа

  → Latin script: vèlmoža

• → Old East Slavic: вельможа (velĭmoža)
  • Old Ruthenian: вельмо́жа (velʹmóža), велмо́жа (velmóža)
    • Belarusian: вяльмо́жа (vjalʹmóža)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: велмо́жа (velmóža)
    • Ukrainian: вельмо́жа (velʹmóža)
  • Russian: вельмо́жа (velʹmóža)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вельможа (velĭmoža).

• Hyphenation: ве‧ль‧мо‧жа

вельможа (velĭmoža) m

1. aristocrat

• Old Ruthenian: вельмо́жа (velʹmóža), велмо́жа (velmóža)
  • Belarusian: вяльмо́жа (vjalʹmóža)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: велмо́жа (velmóža)
  • Ukrainian: вельмо́жа (velʹmóža)
• Russian: вельмо́жа (velʹmóža)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “вельможа”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 240

Inherited from Old East Slavic вельможа (velĭmoža), Old Church Slavonic вельможа (velĭmoža).

• IPA^(key):

вельмо́жа • (velʹmóža) m anim (genitive вельмо́жи, nominative plural вельмо́жи, genitive plural вельмо́ж, relational adjective вельмо́жный)

1. grandee; magnate; alderman

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

From Old East Slavic вельможа (velĭmoža), Old Church Slavonic вельможа (velĭmoža).

• IPA^(key):

вельмо́жа • (velʹmóža) m pers (genitive вельмо́жі, nominative plural вельмо́жі, genitive plural вельмо́ж, relational adjective вельмо́жний)

1. grandee; magnate; alderman

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вельможа”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “вельможа”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “вельможа”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)