eighte

Middle English
Middle English numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: eighte
    Ordinal: eiȝtthe

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

The form /ˈɛi̯xt(ə)/, showing the West Midland and Kentish dialectal development of OE /æ/ (< /æ͜ɑ/) to /ɛ/ (instead of usual /a/),[1] unexpectedly predominates in Middle English.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛi̯xt(ə)/, (generally Northern) /ˈau̯xt(ə)/

Numeral

eighte

  1. eight[2]

Descendants
  • English: eight
  • Scots: aucht, aicht
  • Yola: ayght, aught

References
  1. Jordan, Richard (1974)  Eugene Crook, transl., Handbook of the Middle English Grammar: Phonology (Janua Linguarum; 214)‎, The Hague: Mouton & Co. N.V., →DOI, § 32, page 54.
  2. “eighte, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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