Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahtō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōu.

Numeral

*ahtō[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

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 61: “PWGmc *ahtō”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 61: “PWGmc *ahtō”