English word origin

Etymology of Ket

Learned borrowing from Ket кеʼт (keˀt, “human being”), via Russian.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

noun

A member of a people of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Central Siberia, Russia.

name

A river in Russia, a tributary of the Ob. · The Yeniseian language of the Ket people.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Learned borrowing from Ket кеʼт (keˀt, “human being”), via Russian.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Learned-borrowing mentionкеʼтket · human being

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

noun

A native or inhabitant of Brussels.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Dutch Ket, derived from Dutch ket, Middle Dutch *kitte, Proto-West Germanic *kitte.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionKetnl
Derivation mentionketnl
Derivation mention*kittedum
Derivation mention*kittegmw-pro

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