къто

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъto. Formed with a particle attached to *kъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷid (compare *kʷis).

Pronoun

къто • (kŭto)

  1. who (interrogative)

Declension
Singular
nominative къто
genitive кого
dative комоу
accusative кого
instrumental цѣмь
locative комь

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъto. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic къто (kŭto) and Old Polish kto.

Pronunciation
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈtɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kʊˈtɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈktɔ/
  • Hyphenation: къ‧то

Pronoun

къто (kŭto)

  1. (interrogative) who?
  2. (relative) who, that

Declension
Declension of къто
Nominative къто
kŭto
Genitive кого
kogo
Dative кому
komu
Accusative кого
kogo
Instrumental цѣмь
cěmĭ
Locative комь
komĭ

Descendants
  • Old Ruthenian: хто (xto), кто (kto)
  • Russian: кто (kto)

References
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “къто”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1415
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