Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/močiti

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mak-. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian makõnė (mud), dialectal Lithuanian mokė (big quagmire), mokas (thick mud). Indo-European cognates include Old Armenian մօր (mōr, mud, marsh). Vasmer suggests a further cognate with Old Irish móin (swamp, marsh) and Trubachev additionally gives Albanian makë (glue, liquid film).

Verb[edit]

*močìti impf[1][2]

  1. to wet

Inflection[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мочи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg et al., editors (1974–2021), “*močiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*močìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 320:v. (b) ‘wet’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “močiti: močjǫ močitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b fugte (SA 260; PR 137)