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Middle English
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈɛi̯xt(ə)/, (generally Northern) /ˈau̯xt(ə)/
Numeral
eighte
- eight[2]
Descendants
References
- ^ Jordan, Richard (1974) Eugene Crook, transl., Handbook of the Middle English Grammar: Phonology (Janua Linguarum; 214), The Hague: Mouton & Co. N.V., →DOI, § 32, page 54.
- ^ “eighte, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.