Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahtōu

This Proto-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-Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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Proto-Germanic cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : *ahtōu
    Ordinal : *ahtudô
    Multiplier : *ahtōufalþaz

*ahtōu[1]

  1. eight

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ahtau”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 6