eahta

Old English

**Old English numbers ^(edit)**
	80
← 7	8	9 →
Cardinal: eahta Ordinal: eahtoþa Multiplier: eahtafeald

Alternative forms

æhta — Anglian
ehta — West Saxon
— ahta

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Cognate with Old High German ahto, Old Saxon ahto, Old Norse átta, Gothic 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿 (ahtau); and, outside the Germanic languages, with Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa), Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ), Latin octo, Albanian tetë, Old Irish ocht, Old Church Slavonic осмь (osmĭ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑx.tɑ/

Numeral

eahta

eight

Noun

eahta m

eight

Declension

Declension of eahta (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	eahta	eahtan
accusative	eahtan	eahtan
genitive	eahtan	eahtena
dative	eahtan	eahtum

Derived terms

eahtafeald

Descendants

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

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