Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahtō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōu.

Numeral

Proto-West Germanic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *ahtō

*ahtō

1. eight

Descendants

• Old English: eahta, æhta; ehta;
  • Middle English: eighte, eight, eiȝt, eiȝte, eyȝt; ahte, eahte, ehhte, ehte; aghte, aucht, aughte
    • English: eight
      • Sranan Tongo: aiti
    • Scots: echt
    • Yola: ayght, aught
• Old Frisian: achta, echta
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum, Sylt and Wiedingharde: aacht

    Helgoland: ach

    Mooring: oocht

  • Saterland Frisian: oachte, oacht; oage, oa
  • West Frisian: acht
• Old Saxon: ahto
  • Middle Low German: achte, acht
    • German Low German: acht
• Old Dutch: ahto
  • Middle Dutch: achte, acht
    • Dutch: acht
      • Afrikaans: agt, ag
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: akti
      • Jersey Dutch: āxt
      • Negerhollands: acht, agt, ak
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: akt
      • → Sranan Tongo: acht
    • Limburgish: ach
    • Zealandic: acht
• Old High German: ahto
  • Middle High German: ahte
    • Alemannic German: acht, ocht, àcht

      Swabian: achd

    • Bavarian: achde

      Cimbrian: achte

      Mòcheno: òcht

    • Central Franconian: aach, aacht; ach

      Hunsrik: acht

      Luxembourgish: aacht

    • East Central German: achte

      Vilamovian: aocht

    • East Franconian:
    • German: acht
    • Rhine Franconian: acht

      Frankfurterisch: [ɑxt], [ɔxt], [axt]

      Pennsylvania German: acht, achde

    • Yiddish: אַכט (akht)
    • Zipser German: åcht, acht