Risto
See also: ristò
Estonian
Etymology
Variant of Kristo, short form of Kristjan (“Christian”) and Kristofer (“Christopher”).
Proper noun
Risto
- a male given name.
Finnish
Etymology
Cognate to English Christopher and, less often, to Christian.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Risto
- a male given name.
- The letter "R" in the Finnish tavausaakkoset, a spelling system similar to ICAO spelling alphabet.
Declension
Inflection of Risto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Risto | Ristot | ||
genitive | Riston | Ristojen | ||
partitive | Ristoa | Ristoja | ||
illative | Ristoon | Ristoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Risto | Ristot | ||
accusative | nom. | Risto | Ristot | |
gen. | Riston | |||
genitive | Riston | Ristojen | ||
partitive | Ristoa | Ristoja | ||
inessive | Ristossa | Ristoissa | ||
elative | Ristosta | Ristoista | ||
illative | Ristoon | Ristoihin | ||
adessive | Ristolla | Ristoilla | ||
ablative | Ristolta | Ristoilta | ||
allative | Ristolle | Ristoille | ||
essive | Ristona | Ristoina | ||
translative | Ristoksi | Ristoiksi | ||
abessive | Ristotta | Ristoitta | ||
instructive | — | Ristoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
- (given names) Kristian, Kristo
- (surnames) Ristola, Ristolainen