Where does “oktoober” come from?
oktoober (Estonian) comes from Latin octōber, from Latin octō, from Proto-Italic oktō, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...
oktoober (Estonian): October
Ancestry of “oktoober”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | octōber | — |
| 2 | Latin | octō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | oktō | eight |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | oḱtṓw | eight |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | aḱ- | sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,... |