Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/oḱtódḱomt

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative forms

*oḱtṓḱomt[1]

Etymology

From *oḱtṓw (“eight”) +‎ *déḱm̥ (“ten”).

Numeral

**Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers**
< 70	80	90 >
Cardinal : oḱtódḱomt Ordinal* : *oḱtodḱm̥tós[2]

*oḱtódḱomt

eighty

Descendants

Armenian:
- Old Armenian: ութսուն (utʻsun)
  - Armenian: ութսուն (utʻsun), ութանասուն (utʻanasun) (influenced by յոթանասուն (yotʻanasun, “seventy”))
Celtic:
- Old Irish: ochtmoga
  - Irish: ochtó
Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ὀγδοήκοντα (ogdoḗkonta)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *aštaHtí
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *aśiHtíṣ m
  - Sanskrit: अशीति (aśītí)
    - Pali: asīti
    - Bengali: আশি (aśi)
    - Hindi: अस्सी (assī)
    - Urdu: اسی (assī)
- Proto-Iranian: *aštaHtí
  - Northern Kurdish: heştê
  - Persian: هشتاد (haštâd)
  - Tajik: хаштод (xaštod)
Italic:
- Latin: octōgintā (see there for further descendants)
Tocharian:
- Tocharian A: oktuk
- Tocharian B: oktaṅka, oktamka, oktaṁka

References

Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 418
Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell

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[1] Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 418

[Fortson_p132-2] Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell