eahta

Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

	80
←  7	8	9  →
Cardinal: eahta     Ordinal: eahtoþa     Age: eahtawintre     Multiplier: eahtafeald

Alternative forms

• æhta — Anglian
• ehta — West Saxon
• ahta

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Cognate with Old High German ahto, Old Saxon ahto, Old Norse átta, Gothic 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿 (ahtau); and, outside the Germanic languages, with Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa), Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ), Latin octo, Albanian tetë, Old Irish ocht, Old Church Slavonic осмь (osmĭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑx.tɑ/

Numeral

eahta

1. eight
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice

     Wē habbaþ nū declīnod þā eahta frumcennedan pronomia.

     We have now declined the eight primitive pronouns.

Noun

eahta m

1. eight

Usage notes

• This numeral was sometimes inflected for case, but could also be indeclinable.

Declension

Declension of eahta

	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	eahta	eahta, eahtu
accusative
genitive	eahta
dative	eahtum

Derived terms

• eahtafeald
• eahtahyrnede

Descendants

• Middle English: eighte, eight, eiȝt, eiȝte, eyȝt, ahte, eahte, ehhte, ehte (Early Middle English), eot (Late Middle English), aghte, aucht, aughte (Northern)
  • English: eight
    • Sranan Tongo: aiti
  • Scots: echt, aucht
  • Yola: ayght, aught