Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ahtudô

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑx.tu.ðɔːː/

Etymology

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Adjective

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

*ahtudô^[1]

eighth

Inflection

Declension of *ahtudô (an/īn-stem)

Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ahtudô	*ahtudaniz	*ahtudį̄	*ahtudīniz	*ahtudô	*ahtudōnō
Accusative	*ahtudanų	*ahtudanunz	*ahtudīnų	*ahtudīnunz	*ahtudô	*ahtudōnō
Genitive	*ahtudiniz	*ahtudanǫ̂	*ahtudīniz	*ahtudīnǫ̂	*ahtudiniz	*ahtudanǫ̂
Dative	*ahtudini	*ahtudammaz	*ahtudīni	*ahtudīmaz	*ahtudini	*ahtudammaz
Instrumental	*ahtudinē	*ahtudammiz	*ahtudīnē	*ahtudīmiz	*ahtudinē	*ahtudammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *ahtudō
- Old English: eahtoþa, eahteoþa, eahteþa, ehtoþa, ehteoþa, ehteþa, ehtuþa
  - Middle English: eiȝtthe, eahtuðe, ehtuðe, egteðe, eyghte, aght, eiȝteþe, eyteth, eghte, aiȝtede, eighthe, eghþe, eytþe, eȝte, eytiþ, eiȝtþe
    - English: eighth
    - Scots: echt
- Old Frisian: achtunda, achtenda, achtanda
  - Saterland Frisian: oachte
  - West Frisian: achtste
- Old Saxon: ahtodo
  - Westphalian:
    Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: achde
    Suerländer-Märkisch: achte
    Westmünsterländisch: achte
- Old Dutch: *ahtodo
  - Middle Dutch: achte
- Old High German: ahtodo
  - Middle High German: ahtode, ahte, ahtede
    - Cimbrian: achtete
    - German: achte
    - Kölsch: aachde (Eischwiele Platt)
    - Luxembourgish: aacht
    - Yiddish: אַכט (akht)
Old Norse: átti, áttandi
- Icelandic: átti
- ⇒ Old Norse: áttandi, áttundi
  - Icelandic: áttundi
  - Elfdalian: åttund
  - Faroese: áttandi
  - Norwegian:
    Norwegian Bokmål: åttende
    Norwegian Nynorsk: åttande
  - Old Swedish: āttunde, āttande
    - Swedish: åttonde
  - Danish: ottende
Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌰 (ahtuda)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ahtudan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 7

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ahtudan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 7

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