*ahtōu
Runic: ᚨᚺᛏᛟᚢ Pronunciation: /ˈɑx.tɔːu̯/numeral
Meanings
eight
Etymology
Traditionally from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw, more fully analyzed as a laryngeal preform such as *h₃eḱt-eh₃u, perhaps an old dual formation meaning ‘two fours’, though this internal analysis remains uncertain (Kroonen 2013: 6). Blažek (1998) suggests *h₂oḱtoh₁(w), characterizing it as dual form of o-stem *h₂oḱto-, ultimately from root *h₂eḱ-, meaning ‘a set of points (of one hand)‘ = ‘fingers (without thumb)’. Cognates are Latin octō, Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ), Old Irish ocht, Welsh wyth, Sanskrit अष्टौ (aṣṭáu), Lithuanian aštuonì, and Latvian astoņi (Meier-Brügger 2003: 234; Watkins 2011: s.v. oktō(u)).
Descendants
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*ahtō (Proto-West Germanic)
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ahto (Old Dutch)
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achte, acht (Middle Dutch)
- ach (Limburgish)
- acht (Zealandic)
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achte, acht (Middle Dutch)
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ahto (Old Dutch)
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*ahtō (Proto-West Germanic)
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ahto (Old Dutch)
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achte, acht (Middle Dutch)
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acht (Dutch)
- agt, ag (Afrikaans)
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acht (Dutch)
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achte, acht (Middle Dutch)
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ahto (Old Dutch)
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*ahtō (Proto-West Germanic)
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eahta, æhta, ehta, ahta (Old English)
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eighte, eight, eiȝt, eiȝte, eyȝt, ahte, eahte, ehhte, ehte, aghte, aucht, aughte (Middle English)
- echt, aucht (Scots)
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eighte, eight, eiȝt, eiȝte, eyȝt, ahte, eahte, ehhte, ehte, aghte, aucht, aughte (Middle English)
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eahta, æhta, ehta, ahta (Old English)
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*ahtō (Proto-West Germanic)
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eahta, æhta, ehta, ahta (Old English)
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eighte, eight, eiȝt, eiȝte, eyȝt, ahte, eahte, ehhte, ehte, aghte, aucht, aughte (Middle English)
- eight (English)
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eighte, eight, eiȝt, eiȝte, eyȝt, ahte, eahte, ehhte, ehte, aghte, aucht, aughte (Middle English)
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eahta, æhta, ehta, ahta (Old English)
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*ahtō (Proto-West Germanic)
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achta, echta (Old Frisian)
- oachte, oacht, oage, oa (Saterland Frisian)
- acht (West Frisian)
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achta, echta (Old Frisian)
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*ahtō (Proto-West Germanic)
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ahto (Old High German)
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ahte (Middle High German)
- acht, ocht, àcht (Alemannic German)
- achde (Bavarian)
- aach, aacht, ach (Central Franconian)
- achte (East Central German)
- acht (German)
- acht (Rhine Franconian)
- אַכט (akht) (Yiddish)
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ahte (Middle High German)
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ahto (Old High German)
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*ahtō (Proto-West Germanic)
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ahto, achto, ahte, achte (Old Saxon)
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achte, acht (Middle Low German)
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acht (Low German)
- acht (Dutch Low Saxon)
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acht (Low German)
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achte, acht (Middle Low German)
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ahto, achto, ahte, achte (Old Saxon)
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átta (Old Norse)
- átta (Faroese)
- átta (Icelandic)
- åtte (Norwegian)
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átta (Old Norse)
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attæ (Old Danish)
- otte (Danish)
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attæ (Old Danish)
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átta (Old Norse)
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ātta, ata, āta (Old Swedish)
- åtta (Swedish)
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ātta, ata, āta (Old Swedish)