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][2]

power

Declension

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mȍťь	*mȍťi	*mȍťi
Accusative	*mȍťь	*mȍťi	*mȍťi
Genitive	*moťí	moťьjù, moťu^*	*moťь̀jь
Locative	*moťí	moťьjù, moťu^*	*mȍťьxъ
Dative	*mȍťi	*moťьmà	*mȍťьmъ
Instrumental	*moťьjǫ́	*moťьmà	*moťьmì
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)
  - Russian: мочь (močʹ)
  - Ukrainian: міч (mič) (dated)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: мощь (moštĭ)
  - → Russian: мощь (moščʹ)
- Bulgarian: мощ (mošt)
- Macedonian: моќ (moḱ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: мо̑ћ
  Latin: mȏć
- Slovene: mọ̑č (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: moc
  - Czech: moc
    - Moravian (Mistřice): moc
- Old Polish:
  - Polish: moc
  - → Belarusian: моц (moc)
  - → Ukrainian: міць (micʹ)
- Slovak: moc

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mȏgtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 321: “f. i (c) ‘power’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “moktь, G.pl. moktьjь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 117, SA 71; PR 138)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mȏgtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 321: “f. i (c) ‘power’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “moktь, G.pl. moktьjь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 117, SA 71; PR 138)”