Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Mokošь

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

Literally, “she who is wet”. From *moky (“wetland”) +‎ *-ošь.[1] Compare Russian Мать Сыра Земля (Matʹ Syra Zemlja, “Mother Moist Earth”).

Proper noun

*Mokošь f[2]

Mokosh (Slavic goddess of earth and fate)

Inflection

Declension of *Mokošь (i-stem, uncountable)

	Singular
Nominative	*Mokošь
Accusative	*Mokošь
Genitive	*Mokoši
Locative	*Mokoši
Dative	*Mokoši
Instrumental	Mokošьjǫ, Mokošǫ^*
Vocative	*Mokoši

^* 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).

Related terms

Related terms (90)

*makati
*moča / *močь (“wetness, puddle, urine”)
- *močadь
- *močagъ / *močaga
- *močajь / *močaja
- *močakъ
- *močevъ
- *močina
- *močišče
- *močьka / *močьkъ
- *močьnъ
  - *močьnica
  - *močьnikъ
  - *močьnja
*močarъ / *močara
- *močarina
- *močaristъ
- *močarъka
- *močarьnъ
*močati
- *močadlo
  - *močadlъka
- *močalъ / *močalь
- *močanьje
- *močava
  - *močavina / *močevina
*močera / *močerъ
*močeradъ
*močiti (“to wet”)
- *močenъ, *močena
  - *močenica
  - *močenikъ / *močenika
  - *močenъka
  - *močenьcь / *močenьca
  - *močenьje
- *močidlo
  - *močidlišče / *močidlisko
  - *močidlъka
  - *močidlьcь / *močidlьce
  - *močidlьnъ
    - *močidlьnikъ
- *močigǫbъ / *močigǫba
- *močula
- *mokьlivъ
*močurъ
*močьva
- *močьvirъ / *močьvarъ / *močьvara
*moklъ
- *moklědь / *mokljadь
- *moklica
- *mokljakъ
*moknǫti
*mokosъ
*mokrъ (“wet, damp”)
- *mokranъ
- *mokratъ
- *mokrenъ
- *mokrenь
- *mokrešь
- *mokrežь
- *mokrědь / *mokrjadь / *mokrěda / *mokrjada
  - *mokrědina / *mokrjadina
- *mokrěti
- *mokrica
- *mokrina / *mokrinъ / *mokrovina
- *mokrišče
- *mokriti
  - *mokrjenьje
  - *mokridlo
  - *mokrivъ
- *mokrjakъ
- *mokravъ / *mokrjavъ
- *mokroǫsъ
- *mokrostǫpy
- *mokrostь
- *mokrošь
- *mokrota / *mokrotь
  - *mokrotja
  - *mokrotьnъ
- *mokroteča
- *mokrovatъ
- *mokruxa
  - *mokruša / *mokrušь
- *mokryni
- *mokryšь
- *mokrь
- *mokrьcь
*mokrьnъ
*mokъ
*moky

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: Мокошь (Mokošĭ), Мокашь (Mokašĭ, “Mokosh”)
  - Russian: мокош (mokoš), мокуш (mokuš), Мокошь (Mokošʹ), макеш (makeš, “demon, helpful spirit, mythical being”) (dialectal)
    - ⇒ Russian: мо́куша (mókuša), мокуша́ (mokušá), мокоша́ (mokošá), мокуша (mokuša) (dialectal)
  - Ukrainian: Макешь (Makešʹ), Макош (Makoš) (dialectal?)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: Мокош, Мокошка (personal name)
  Latin: Mokoš, Mokoška (personal name)
West Slavic:
- >? Czech: Mokošín (toponym)
  - Moravian: >? mokeš (“nickname”)
- Old Polabian: *Mokoš
  - → Latin: Mukus, Mukes (learned)

References

Michał Łuczyński (2020), “2.1.9 Srus. Mokošь”, in Bogowie dawnych Słowian. Studium onomastyczne, Kielce: Kieleckie Towarzystwo Naukowe, →ISBN, page 134-137
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mokošь / *mokoša”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 131

References

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

[1] Michał Łuczyński (2020), “2.1.9 Srus. Mokošь”, in Bogowie dawnych Słowian. Studium onomastyczne, Kielce: Kieleckie Towarzystwo Naukowe, →ISBN, page 134-137

[2] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mokošь / *mokoša”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 131