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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]

  1. Mokosh (Slavic goddess of earth and fate)

Inflection

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:
  • West Slavic:
    • >? Czech: Mokošín (toponym)
    • Old Polabian: *Mokoš
      • Latin: Mukus, Mukes (learned)

References

  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

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