From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 61097
Date: 2008-10-30
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From: "tolgs001" <george_st@...>
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Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 5:10 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Mokosh?
>
>>With so little information, any etymology must be considered
>>tentative. A connection with the root *mok- as in *mokrU 'wet',
>>*moknoNti 'get wet' and *moky/*mokUve 'wetness, wet ground' (with some
>>Baltic cognates) is formally possible but also uncertain.
>>
>>Piotr
>
> Any link to (1) the Moksha river, tributary of the Oka river (in
> Russia); and to (2) the Moksha notion in India?
>
> George
>
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Moksha River is an IE word
like most river names in that area.
Taking Erzia-mordvin words :
ma:-d-ka "humid" one > ma:ksha > moksha
as in med-ka "bee" (<honey) > mekshe
Arnaud