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
genitive	*moťí	moťьjù, moťu^*	*moťь̀jь
dative	*mȍťi	*moťьmà	*mȍťьmъ
accusative	*mȍťь	*mȍťi	*mȍťi
instrumental	*moťьjǫ́	*moťьmà	*moťьmì
locative	*moťí	moťьjù, moťu^*	*mȍťьxъ
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)
  - Old Ruthenian: мочъ (moč)
    - Ukrainian: міч (mič), моч (moč) (obsolete)
  - Russian: мочь (močʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Glagolitic script: ⰿⱁⱋⱐ (moštĭ)
  
  Old Cyrillic script: мощь (moštĭ)
  - Bulgarian: мощ (mošt)
  - Macedonian: моќ (moḱ)
  - → Old East Slavic: мощь (moščĭ)
    - Old Ruthenian: мощъ (mošč)
    - Russian: мощь (moščʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: мо̑ћ
  
  Latin script: mȏć
- Slovene: mọ̑č (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: moc
  - Czech: moc
- Old Polish: moc
  - Polish: moc
  - Silesian: moc
  - → Old Ruthenian: моцъ (mocʹ), моць (mocʹ)
    - Belarusian: моц (moc)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: муць (mucʹ)
    - Ukrainian: міць (micʹ); моц (moc) (obsolete)
- Old Slovak: moc
  - Pannonian Rusyn: моц (moc)
  - Slovak: moc
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: mòc
  - Slovincian: môc

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^[1], 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^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 117, SA 71; PR 138)”

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