kehto
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Finnish
Etymology
Unknown; possibly from Proto-Norse (*kehtō) (compare Swedish kätte (“pen, fold (for animals)”)), although LÄGLOS considers it uncertain whether such a word existed in Proto-Norse.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
| Inflection of kehto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||
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References
- ^ 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
- “kehto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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