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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/močiti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *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

*močìti impf [1][2]

  1. to wet

Inflection

  • *moča, *močь (wetness, puddle, urine)
  • *mokrъ (wet, damp)

Descendants

Further reading

References

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