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 cĭto
genitive	кого kogo		цего cego
dative	комоу komu		цемоу cemu
accusative	къто kŭto		цьто cĭto
instrumental	кꙑмъ kymŭ		цимь cimĭ
locative	комь komĭ		цемь cemĭ

Early Old Novgorodian declension (until c. 1225 CE), prior to the loss of yers.

Related terms

pronouns

• кеи (kei)
• цьто (cĭto)

Further reading

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