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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mok-

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mak-, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ek- (wet, moist). Compare Lithuanian makõnė (mud), Albanian makë (scum (on liquids)), Latin mācerō (to soften by soaking), possibly Old Armenian մօր (mōr, mud, marsh, swamp), Ancient Greek μάκαρ (mákar, blessed, happy), μακάριος (makários, blessed, happy (about the dead (over the sea))).

Root

*mok-[1]

  1. wet, damp, moist

Derived terms

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mokrъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 144
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