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Where does “astoņi” come from?

astoņi (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aśtṓ, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

astoņi (Latvian): eight; eight o'clock

Definitions

  1. eight; eight o'clock

Ancestry of “astoņi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavic*aśtṓ—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
3Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

Words derived from “astoņi”

  • astoņnieks
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