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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъto

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъ(n)
 This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Etymology

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

Pronoun

*kъ̏to[1][2][3]

  1. who (interrogative)

Declension
Declension of *kъto (pronominal, irregular)
All numbers Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative *kъto *čьto
Accusative *kъto *čьto
Genitive *kogo *česo
Locative *komь *čemь
Dative *komu *čemu
Instrumental *cěmь *čimь

Alternative forms

Derived terms

See also

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: къто (kŭto), кто (kto)
      • Old Ruthenian: хто (xto), кто (kto)
      • Russian: кто (kto)
    • Old Novgorodian: кето (keto)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: къто (kŭto)
      Glagolitic script: ⰽⱏⱅⱁ (kŭto)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: тко̏ (Štokavian, Croatia), ко̏ (Štokavian, Bosnia, Serbia), кдо (Kajkavian)
      Latin script: tkȍ (Štokavian, Croatia), kȍ (Štokavian, Bosnia, Serbia), kdo (Kajkavian)
    • Slovene: kdọ̄ (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кто”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kъto”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 264: “prn. ‘who’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “kъto čьto”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 36; PR 139)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “kdọ̄”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*kъ̏to”
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