Where does “keto” come from?

keto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kesi, from Proto-Finnic keci, from Proto-Uralic keδ́e.

keto (Finnish): dry meadow, pasture

Definitions

  1. dry meadow, pasture

Ancestry of “keto”, step by step

keto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkesiThe thin outer layer of skin; Third-person...
2Proto-Finnickeciouter skin
3Proto-Uralickeδ́e—

via Finnish o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisho—

Words derived from “keto”

Every word from Proto-Uralic keδ́e →Every word from Proto-Finnic keci →Every word from Finnish kesi →