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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/oktāwos

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This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

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Proto-Italic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *oktō
    Ordinal: *oktāwos

Etymology

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From older *oktōwos with an odd unrounding of , from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓwos, a thematization of *oḱtṓw. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὄγδοος (ógdoos).

Adjective

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*oktāwos[1]

  1. eighth

Declension

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Declension of *oktāwos (o/ā-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *oktāwos *oktāwā *oktāwom
vocative *oktāwe *oktāwa *oktāwom
accusative *oktāwom *oktāwam *oktāwom
genitive *oktāwosjo, oktāwī *oktāwās *oktāwosjo, oktāwī
dative *oktāwōi *oktāwāi *oktāwōi
ablative *oktāwōd *oktāwād *oktāwōd
locative *oktāwei *oktāwāi *oktāwei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *oktāwōs, oktāwoi *oktāwās *oktāwā
vocative *oktāwōs, oktāwoi *oktāwās *oktāwā
accusative *oktāwons *oktāwans *oktāwā
genitive *oktāwom *oktāwāzōm *oktāwom
dative *oktāwois *oktāwais *oktāwois
ablative *oktāwois *oktāwais *oktāwois
locative *oktāwois *oktāwais *oktāwois

Descendants

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  • Faliscan: 𐌏𐌂𐌕 (oct) (abbreviation of a praenomen, probably *Octāuus)
  • Latin: octāvus (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: 𐌞𐌇𐌕𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌔 (úhtavis), Οταϝις (Otawis)

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “octō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 424