eighte

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Middle English[edit]

Middle English numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: eighte
    Ordinal: eiȝtthe

Alternative forms[edit]

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

  1. eight[2]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: eight
  • Scots: aucht, aicht
  • Yola: ayght, aught

References[edit]

  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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