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

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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 script: мо̑ћ
  
  Latin script: mȏć
- Slovene: mọ̑č (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: moc
  - Czech: moc
- Old Polish: moc
  - Masurian: moc
  - Polish: moc
    - → Belarusian: моц (moc)
    - → Ukrainian: міць (micʹ)
  - Silesian: moc
- Old Slovak: moc
  - Slovak: moc
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: mòc

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mȏgtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, 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)”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mȏgtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, 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)”