Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahtōu

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑx.tɔːu̯/

Numeral

cardinal number
8	Previous:	*sebun
8	Next:	*newun

*ahtōu (ordinal *ahtudô) [1]

eight

Descendants

Old English: eahta, ehta (West Saxon); æhto, æhta (Northumbrian)
- Middle English: eahte, ehte, eihte, eighte, eight (Southern, Midland); ahte, auhte, auht, aught, aucht (Northern)
  - Scots: aicht
  - English: eight
Old Frisian: achta, echta
- North Frisian: oocht
- Saterland Frisian: oachte
- West Frisian: acht
Old Saxon: ahto
- Middle Low German: achte, acht
  - Low German: acht
Old Dutch: ahto
- Middle Dutch: achte, acht
  - Dutch: acht
    - Afrikaans: agt, ag
Old High German: ahto
- Middle High German: ahte
  - Alemannic German: acht, ocht, àcht
    - Swabian: achd
  - Bavarian: achde
    - Cimbrian: achte
  - Central Franconian: aach, aacht
  - East Central German: achte
  - German: acht
  - Luxembourgish: aacht
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: acht, achde
  - Vilamovian: aocht
  - Yiddish: אַכט‎ (akht)
  - Zipser German: åcht, acht
Old Norse: átta
- Icelandic: átta
- Faroese: átta
- Norwegian: åtte
- Old Swedish: ātta, āta
  - Swedish: åtta
- Danish: otte
- Old Gutnish: ǣt
Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿 (ahtau)
Crimean Gothic: athe

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ahtau”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 6

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ahtau”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 6