Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъto

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

*kъjь

Etymology

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

Pronoun

*kъto [1]

who (interrogative)

Declension

Declension of *kъto (pronomial, irregular)

All numbers	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	*kъto	*čьto
Accusative	*kъto	*čьto
Genitive	*kogo	*česo
Locative	*komь	*čemь
Dative	*komu	*česomu
Instrumental	*cěmь	*čimь

Derived terms

*někъto
*nikъto

Related terms

*čьto

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: хто (xto)
- Russian: кто (kto)
- Rusyn: хто (xto)
- Ukrainian: хто (xto)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: къто (kŭto)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰽⱏⱅⱁ (kŭto)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: тко̏ / ко̏
  
  Latin: tkȍ / kȍ
- Slovene: kdọ́, kdọ̑ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: kdo
- Kashubian: chto
- Polish: kto
- Silesian: fto
- Slovak: kto
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: chto
  - Upper Sorbian: štó

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kъto”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 264

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kъto”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 264