Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/oktāwos

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

**Proto-Italic numbers ^(edit)**
← 7	8	9 →
Cardinal: oktō Ordinal: oktāwos

Etymology

From older *oktōwos with an odd unrounding of *ō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓwos, a thematization of *oḱtṓw. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὄγδοος (ógdoos).

Adjective

*oktāwos^[1]

eighth

Declension

Declension of *oktāwos (o/ā-stem)

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*oktāwos	*oktāwā	*oktāwom
Vocative	*oktāwe	*oktāwa	*oktāwom
Accusative	*oktāwom	*oktāwam	*oktāwom
Genitive	*oktāwosjo, oktāwī	*oktāwās	*oktāwosjo, oktāwī
Dative	*oktāwōi	*oktāwāi	*oktāwōi
Ablative	*oktāwōd	*oktāwād	*oktāwōd
Locative	*oktāwei	*oktāwāi	*oktāwei
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*oktāwōs, oktāwoi	*oktāwās	*oktāwā
Vocative	*oktāwōs, oktāwoi	*oktāwās	*oktāwā
Accusative	*oktāwons	*oktāwans	*oktāwā
Genitive	*oktāwom	*oktāwāzōm	*oktāwom
Dative	*oktāwois	*oktāwais	*oktāwois
Ablative	*oktāwois	*oktāwais	*oktāwois
Locative	*oktāwois	*oktāwais	*oktāwois

Descendants

Faliscan: 𐌏𐌂𐌕 (oct) (abbreviation of a praenomen, probably *Octāuus)
Latin: octāvus (see there for further descendants)
⇒ Oscan: 𐌞𐌇𐌕𐌀𐌅𐌉𐌔 (úhtavis), Οταϝις (Otawis)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “octō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 424

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “octō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 424

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