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 (v-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*moky	*mokъvi	*mokъvi
Accusative	*mokъvь	*mokъvi	*mokъvi
Genitive	*mokъve	*mokъvu	*mokъvъ
Locative	*mokъve	*mokъvu	mokъvьxъ, mokъvaxъ^*
Dative	*mokъvi	mokъvьma, mokъvama^*	mokъvьmъ, mokъvamъ^*
Instrumental	mokъvьjǫ, mokъvľǫ^**	mokъvьma, mokъvama^*	mokъvьmi, mokъvami^*
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).

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”)
- Slovincian: mokva

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*moky”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 19 (*męs’arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 149