Words that come from Proto-Germanic ahtōu

189 words across 45 languages descend from Proto-Germanic ahtōu — including eight, ought, eighteen, aught, oughtn't, ag, eightfold, eightpence.

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English (45)

Dutch (20)

German (19)

Middle English (9)

Yiddish (6)

Old Norse (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Old Swedish (5)

Old English (5)

Afrikaans (4)

Middle Dutch (4)

Faroese (4)

Tok Pisin (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Swedish (3)

Icelandic (3)

Danish (3)

Old Dutch (3)

West Frisian (2)

Old High German (2)

North Frisian (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Gothic (2)

Vilamovian (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Alemannic German (2)

Japanese (1)

Dutch Low Saxon (1)

German Low German (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Catalan (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Crimean Gothic (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Old Danish (1)

Irish (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Zipser German (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Middle Low German (1)