Where does “åtti” come from?

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

åtti (Norwegian Bokmål): eighty

Definitions

  1. eighty

Ancestry of “åtti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseáttatigieighty
2Old Norseáttaeight; inflection of átti: ## masculine oblique...
3Proto-Germanicahtōueight
4Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw →Every word from Proto-Germanic ahtōu →