Where does “åtte” come from?

åtte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse átta, from Proto-Germanic ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

åtte (Norwegian Bokmål): eight; simple past of eie

Definitions

  1. eight; simple past of eie

Ancestry of “åtte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseáttaeight; inflection of átti: ## masculine oblique...
2Proto-Germanicahtōueight
3Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
4Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

Words derived from “åtte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw →Every word from Proto-Germanic ahtōu →