eighte

Middle English edit

**Middle English numbers ^(edit)**
← 7	8	9 →
Cardinal: eighte Ordinal: eiȝtthe

Alternative forms edit

eight, eiȝt, eiȝte, eyȝt
ahte, eahte, ehhte, ehte (Early Middle English)
aghte, aucht, aughte (Northern)

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Numeral edit

eighte

eight^[2]

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

English: eight
- Sranan Tongo: aiti
Scots: aucht, aicht
Yola: ayght, aught

References edit

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

[1] Jordan, Richard (1974) Eugene Crook, transl., Handbook of the Middle English Grammar: Phonology (Janua Linguarum; 214)‎^[1], 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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