Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/oḱtṓw
Proto-Indo-EuropeanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Formally the dual of a stem *(H)oḱto- (“four fingers”). This erstwhile singular seems to appear in Avestan 𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬌- (ašti-, “breadth of four fingers”).
NumeralEdit
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Cardinal : *oḱtṓw Ordinal : *oḱtowós[1] | ||
*oḱtṓw or *h₁oḱtṓw
DescendantsEdit
- Albanian: *aktṓ (see there for further descendants)
- Anatolian: [Term?]
- Lycian: 𐊀𐊆𐊗𐊙𐊗𐊀 (aitãta)
- Armenian: [Term?]
- Balto-Slavic: *aśtṓ
- Celtic: *oxtū (see there for further descendants)
- Germanic: *ahtōu (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic: *oktṓ (see there for further descendants)
- Indo-Iranian: *Haštā́ (see there for further descendants)
- Italic: *oktō (see there for further descendants)
- Tocharian: *óktä (see there for further descendants)
- → Kartvelian: *otxo- (see there for further descendants)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Fortson, Benjamin W., Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell, 2004, 2010