Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahtōu

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“eight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑx.tɔːu̯/

Numeral

Proto-Germanic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *ahtōu     Ordinal : *ahtudô     Multiplier : *ahtōufalþaz

*ahtōu

1. eight

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *ahtō
  • Old English: eahta, æhta — Anglian, ehta — West Saxon, ahta
    • Middle English: eighte, eight, eiȝt, eiȝte, eyȝt, ahte, eahte, ehhte, ehte (Early Middle English), aghte, aucht, aughte (Northern)
      • English: eight
        • Sranan Tongo: aiti
      • Scots: echt, aucht
      • 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 (in expressions)
    • West Frisian: acht
  • Old Saxon: ahto, achto, ahte
    • 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 (Moselle Franconian), ach (Limburgan Ripuarian)

        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
• Old Norse: átta
  • Icelandic: átta
  • Faroese: átta
  • Norwegian: åtte
  • Old Swedish: ātta, ata, āta
    • Swedish: åtta
  • Danish: otte
  • Old Gutnish: ǣt
• East Germanic
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿 (ahtau)
  • Crimean Gothic: athe