Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moky

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 *mok- (“wet”) +‎ *-y.

Noun

*moky f

1. wetland

Declension

Declension of *moky (hard v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*moky	*mokъvi	*mokъvi
genitive	*mokъve	*mokъvu	*mokъvъ
dative	*mokъvi	*mokъvьma, *mokъvama*	*mokъvьmъ, *mokъvamъ*
accusative	*mokъvь	*mokъvi	*mokъvi
instrumental	*mokъvьjǫ, *mokъvľǫ**	*mokъvьma, *mokъvama*	*mokъvьmi, *mokъvami*
locative	*mokъve	*mokъvu	*mokъvьxъ, *mokъvaxъ*
vocative	*moky	*mokъvi	*mokъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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

• *Mokošь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: моква́ (mokvá)
  • Russian: моква́ (mokvá) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Czech: mokvati (“to ooze, exude, trickle”)
    • Czech: mokvati
  • Kashubian: Mokwa (surname)
  • Polish: mokwa (dialectal)
  • Slovak: mokva
    • ⇒ Slovak: mokvať (“to soak, be wet”)

References

Further reading

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