kehto
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown; possibly from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*kehtō) (compare Swedish kätte (“pen, fold (for animals)”)), although LÄGLOS considers it uncertain whether such a word existed in Proto-Norse.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kehto
- cradle (rocking bed or cot for a baby)
- (figuratively) cradle (place of origin)
- sivistyksen kehto ― cradle of civilization
- (figuratively) cradle (infancy, or very early life)
- kehdosta hautaan ― from the cradle to the grave
- (botany) involucre
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kehto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kehto | kehdot | ||
genitive | kehdon | kehtojen | ||
partitive | kehtoa | kehtoja | ||
illative | kehtoon | kehtoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kehto | kehdot | ||
accusative | nom. | kehto | kehdot | |
gen. | kehdon | |||
genitive | kehdon | kehtojen | ||
partitive | kehtoa | kehtoja | ||
inessive | kehdossa | kehdoissa | ||
elative | kehdosta | kehdoista | ||
illative | kehtoon | kehtoihin | ||
adessive | kehdolla | kehdoilla | ||
ablative | kehdolta | kehdoilta | ||
allative | kehdolle | kehdoille | ||
essive | kehtona | kehtoina | ||
translative | kehdoksi | kehdoiksi | ||
abessive | kehdotta | kehdoitta | ||
instructive | — | kehdoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading[edit]
- “kehto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02