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kehto.

cradle (rocking bed or cot for a baby)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkehto/[ˈk̟e̞ht̪o̞]
  1. cradle (rocking bed or cot for a baby) cradle (place of origin)

    figuratively
    sivistyksen kehto
  2. cradle (rocking bed or cot for a baby) cradle (infancy, or very early life)

    figuratively
    kehdosta hautaan
  3. involucre (conspicuous bract)

  4. bolster (the central, load-bearing beam of a truck or bogie)

Where this word comes from

Unknown; 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.

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