Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ahtō

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōu.

Numeral

**Proto-West Germanic cardinal numbers**
< 7	8	9 >
Cardinal : *ahtō

*ahtō[1]

eight

Descendants

Old English: eahta, æhta; ehta;
- Middle English: eighte, eight, eiȝt, eiȝte, eyȝt; ahte, eahte, ehhte, ehte; aghte, aucht, aughte
  - English: eight
    - Sranan Tongo: aiti
  - Scots: aucht, aicht
  - Yola: ayght, aught
Old Frisian: achta, echta
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum, Sylt and Wiedingharde: aacht
  Helgoland: ach
  Mooring: oocht
- Saterland Frisian: oachte, oacht; oage, oa
- West Frisian: acht
Old Saxon: ahto
- Middle Low German: achte, acht
  - German Low German: acht
Old Dutch: ahto
- Middle Dutch: achte, acht
  - Dutch: acht
    - Afrikaans: agt, ag
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: akti
    - Jersey Dutch: āxt
    - Negerhollands: acht, agt, ak
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: akt
    - → Sranan Tongo: acht
  - Limburgish: ach
  - Zealandic: acht
Old High German: ahto
- Middle High German: ahte
  - Alemannic German: acht, ocht, àcht
    Swabian: achd
  - Bavarian: achde
    Cimbrian: achte
    Mòcheno: òcht
  - Central Franconian: aach, aacht; ach
    Hunsrik: acht
    Luxembourgish: aacht
  - East Central German: achte
    Vilamovian: aocht
  - East Franconian:
  - German: acht
  - Rhine Franconian: acht
    Frankfurterisch: [ɑxt], [ɔxt], [axt]
    Pennsylvania German: acht, achde
  - 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”

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[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”