моца

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

From моцъ (mocʹ) +‎ -а (-a).

Noun

моца • (moca) f inan

1. power, strength, might

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *megʰ-‎ (0 c, 4 e)

Descendants

• Belarusian: моца (móca) (obsolete)
• Ukrainian: мо́ца (móca) (obsolete)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “моца”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 175