Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/oḱtṓw

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

Formally the dual of a stem *(H)oḱto- (“four fingers”). This erstwhile singular seems to appear in Avestan 𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬌-‎ (ašti-, “breadth of four fingers”).

Numeral

Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *oḱtṓw     Ordinal : *oḱtowós

*oḱtṓw or *h₁oḱtṓw

1. eight

Descendants

• Proto-Albanian: *aktṓ (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Anatolian: [Term?]
  • Lycian: 𐊀𐊆𐊗𐊙𐊗𐊀 (aitãta)
• Proto-Armenian: [Term?]
  • Old Armenian: ութ (utʿ)
    • Armenian: ութ (utʿ)
• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *aśtṓ
  • Latgalian: ostoni
  • Latvian: astôņi
  • Lithuanian: aštuonì
  • Proto-Slavic: *osmь
• Proto-Celtic: *oxtū (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *ahtōu (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic: *oktṓ (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Haštā́ (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic: *oktō (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Tocharian: *óktä (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Kartvelian: *otxo- (see there for further descendants)