Part of speech: numeral
eight (also ahta, æhta, ehta)
Etymology
[Mod E EIGHT ← Prot-Germ *ahtau;Goth ahtau; O Fris achta; O Sax ahto; Dt acht; OHG ahto (Mod G acht); Icel átta; Sw åtta ← Indo-Europ *oḱtōu-, *oḱtō-; cf Sanskr aṣṭā, aṣṭau; Avest ašta; Anc Gr ὀκτώ; Lat octō; O Ir ocht; Lith aštuonì; O Slav осмь (Russ восемь)]
