Kehtna

Estonian

Etymology

Unclear. The root keht- and suffix -na can be extracted.

Proper noun

Kehtna

  1. Kehtna (a small borough of Rapla County, Estonia) [first attested in 1470 as Kectel]

Declension

Declension of Kehtna (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Kehtna
accusative nom.
gen. Kehtna
genitive
partitive Kehtnat
illative Kehtnasse
inessive Kehtnas
elative Kehtnast
allative Kehtnale
adessive Kehtnal
ablative Kehtnalt
translative Kehtnaks
terminative Kehtnani
essive Kehtnana
abessive Kehtnata
comitative Kehtnaga

Descendants

  • German: Kechtel

References

  • Kehtna”, in [KNR] Eesti kohanimeraamat [Book of Estonian Toponyms] (in Estonian) (online version, occasionally updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2017–