/ˈkehto/, [ˈk̟e̞ht̪o̞]
AlkuperäUnknown; possibly from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*kehtō) (compare Swedish kätte (“pen, fold (for animals)”)), although LÄGLOS considers it uncertain whether such a word existed in Proto-Norse. Mostly displaced kätkyt, which remains in use in Eastern Finnish.
- figurativelycradle (place of origin)
“sivistyksen kehto” — cradle of civilization
- figurativelycradle (infancy, or very early life)
“kehdosta hautaan” — from the cradle to the grave
- involucre (conspicuous bract)
- bolster (the central, load-bearing beam of a truck or bogie)
Muodotkehto(nominative, singular) · kehdot(nominative, plural) · kehto(accusative, nominative, singular) · kehdot(accusative, nominative, plural) · kehdon(accusative, genitive, singular) · kehdot(accusative, genitive, plural) · kehdon(genitive, singular) · kehtojen(genitive, plural) · kehtoa(partitive, singular) · kehtoja(partitive, plural) · kehdossa(inessive, singular) · kehdoissa(inessive, plural) · kehdosta(elative, singular) · kehdoista(elative, plural) · kehtoon(illative, singular) · kehtoihin(illative, plural) · kehdolla(adessive, singular) · kehdoilla(adessive, plural) · kehdolta(ablative, singular) · kehdoilta(ablative, plural)