Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/oxtū

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

**Proto-Celtic cardinal numbers**
< 7	8	9 >
Cardinal : oxtū Ordinal* : *oxtūmetos

*oxtū^[1]

eight

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *üiθ
- Old Breton: eith
  - Middle Breton: eiz
    - Breton: eizh
- Cornish: eth
- Old Welsh: oith
  - Middle Welsh: wyth
    - Welsh: wyth
Old Irish: ocht
- Irish: ocht
- Manx: hoght
- Scottish Gaelic: ochd
Gaulish: oxtu

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*oxtū”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 304

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*oxtū”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 304

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