Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/močiti

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 *mak-, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ek- (“wet, moist”).^[1]

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian makõnė (“mud”), dialectal Lithuanian mokė (“big quagmire”), mokas (“thick mud”). Outside of Balto-Slavic, perhaps cognate with Old Armenian մօր (mōr, “mud, marsh”), as well as Persian (maze, “taste; snack”). Vasmer suggests a further cognate with Old Irish móin (“swamp, marsh”) and Trubachev additionally gives Albanian makë (“glue, liquid film”).

Verb

*močìti impf^[2]^[3]

to wet

Inflection

Conjugation of *močiti, *moči, *močitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*močenьje	*močiti	*močitъ	*močilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*močenъ	*močimъ
Active	*močь	*močę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*močixъ	*moči	*moči	*močǫ	*močiši	*močitь
Dual	*močixově	*močista	*močiste	*močivě	*močita	*močite
Plural	*močixomъ	*močiste	*močišę	*močimъ	*močite	*močętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*močaaxъ	*močaaše	*močaaše	—	*moči	*moči
Dual	*močaaxově	*močaašeta	*močaašete	*močivě	*močita	—
Plural	*močaaxomъ	*močaašete	*močaaxǫ	*močimъ	*močite	—

(*)*močivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

*moča, *močь (“wetness, puddle, urine”)
*mokrъ (“wet, damp”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мочити (močiti)
  - Belarusian: мачы́ць (mačýcʹ)
  - Russian: мочи́ть (močítʹ)
  - Ukrainian: мочи́ти (močýty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: мочити (močiti)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: мо́ча (móča) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: моча (moča)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: мо̀чити
  
  Latin script: mòčiti
- Slovene: močīti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: močiti
  - Czech: močit
- Polabian: mücĕ (3sg.)
- Old Polish: moczyć
  - Polish: moczyć
- Slovak: močiť
- Slovincian: môczic
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: močić
  - Lower Sorbian: mócyś

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “698”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 698
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*močìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320: “v. (b) ‘wet’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “močiti: močjǫ močitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b fugte (SA 260; PR 137)”

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “698”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 698

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*močìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320: “v. (b) ‘wet’”

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001) “močiti: močjǫ močitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b fugte (SA 260; PR 137)”

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