Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗num
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine. · Describing a group or set with eight elements.
PIE word *oḱtṓw Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Germanic *ahtōu Proto-West Germanic *ahtō Old English eahta Middle English eighte English eight From Middle English eighte, aught, eahte, ahte, from Old English eahta, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Cognate with Scots aucht (“eight”), West Frisian acht (“eight”), Dutch acht (“eight”), Low German acht (“eight”), German acht (“eight”), Norwegian åtte (“eight”), Swedish åtta (“eight”), Icelandic átta (“eight”), Latin octo (“eight”), Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ), Irish ocht (“eight”), among others. False cognate of Tamil எட்டு (eṭṭu), Malayalam എട്ട് (eṭṭŭ).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentioneighteenm
- Inherited-form mentioneahtaang
- Inherited-form mention*ahtōgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*ahtōugem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*oḱtṓwine-pro
- Cognate mentionauchtsco
- Cognate mentionachtfy
- Cognate mentionachtnl
- Cognate mentionachtnds
- Cognate mentionachtde
- Cognate mentionåtteno
- Cognate mentionåttasv
- Cognate mentionáttais
- Cognate mentionoctola
- Cognate mentionὀκτώgrc
- Cognate mentionochtga
- Cognate mentionஎட்டுta
- Non-cognate comparisonഎട്ട്ml
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