Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moťь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *magtis, from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰtis (from *megʰ-), whence also Proto-Germanic *mahtiz (Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts, “power, might”), Old English miht). Equivalent to *moťi +‎ *-tь.

Noun

*mȍťь f

1. power

Declension

Declension of *mȍťь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mȍťь	*mȍťi	*mȍťi
genitive	*moťí	*moťьjù, *moťu*	*moťь̀jь
dative	*mȍťi	*moťьmà	*mȍťьmъ
accusative	*mȍťь	*mȍťi	*mȍťi
instrumental	*moťьjǫ́	*moťьmà	*moťьmì
locative	*moťí	*moťьjù, *moťu*	*mȍťьxъ
vocative	*moťi	*mȍťi	*mȍťi

^* 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).

Derived terms

• *pomoťь

Related terms

• *moťi

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мочь (močĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: мочъ (moč)
      • Ukrainian: міч (mič), моч (moč) (obsolete)
    • Russian: мочь (močʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⰿⱁⱋⱐ (moštĭ)

    Old Cyrillic script: мощь (moštĭ)

    • Bulgarian: мощ (mošt)
    • Macedonian: моќ (moḱ)
    • → Old East Slavic: мощь (moščĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: мощъ (mošč)
      • Russian: мощь (moščʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мо̑ћ

    Latin script: mȏć

  • Slovene: mọ̑č (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: moc
    • Czech: moc
  • Old Polish: moc
    • Polish: moc
    • Silesian: moc
    • → Old Ruthenian: моцъ (mocʹ), моць (mocʹ)
      • Belarusian: моц (moc)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: муць (mucʹ)
      • Ukrainian: міць (micʹ); моц (moc) (obsolete)
  • Old Slovak: moc
    • Pannonian Rusyn: моц (moc)
    • Slovak: moc
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: mòc
    • Slovincian: môc