Where does “mokšy” come from?

mokšy (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic mokrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *makras.

mokšy (Lower Sorbian): wet

Definitions

  1. wet

Ancestry of “mokšy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicmokrъwet, damp
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*makras—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *makras →Every word from Proto-Slavic mokrъ →