Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъto

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

• *kъjь

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas + a particle *-to. Further from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (cf. *kʷis).

Pronoun

*kъto

1. who (interrogative)

Declension

Declension of *kъto (pronomial, irregular)

All numbers	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	*kъto	*čьto
Accusative	*kъto	*čьto
Genitive	*kogo	*česo
Locative	*komь	*čemь
Dative	*komu	*česomu
Instrumental	*cěmь	*čimь

Derived terms

• *někъto
• *nikъto

Related terms

• *čьto

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: хто (xto)
  • Russian: кто (kto)
  • Ukrainian: хто (xto)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: къто (kŭto)

    Glagolitic: ⰽⱏⱅⱁ (kŭto)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: тко̏ / ко̏

    Latin: tkȍ / kȍ

  • Slovene: kdọ́, kdọ̑ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kdo
  • Kashubian: chto
  • Polish: kto
  • Slovak: kto
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: chto
    • Upper Sorbian: štó