кето

Avar

Alternative forms

• кету (ketu)

Etymology

From Old Armenian կատու (katu) via a Kartvelian language.

Noun

кето • (keto)

1. cat

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1050–1075. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъto (from an earlier *kəto < *kə-to, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas-ta). Compare with Old East Slavic къто (kŭto).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ке‧то

Pronoun

кето • (keto)

1. (interrogative) who
2. (relative) who

Declension

Declension of кето

	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	кето keto		цьто cʹĭto
genitive	кого kogo		цего cʹjego
dative	комоу komu		цемоу cʹjemu
accusative	къто kŭto		цьто cʹĭto
instrumental	кꙑмъ kymŭ		цимь cʹimĭ
locative	комь komĭ		цемь cʹjemĭ

Related terms

pronouns

• кеи (kei)
• цьто (cʹĭto)

Further reading

• “кето”, in Birchbark Letters Corpus, 2003–2026