𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Cognate to Old English eahta and Crimean Gothic athe, and Koine Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ), which it translates.

• IPA^(key): /ˈax.tɔː/

𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿 • (ahtau)

1. eight (cardinal number)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 2:21:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐍉𐌻𐌽𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍉𐍃 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿 𐌳𐌿 𐌱𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃, 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍉 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌿 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰.

     jah biþē usfōlnōdēdun dagōs ahtau du bimaitan ina, jah haitan was namō is iēsus, þata qiþanō fram aggilau faurþizei ganumans wēsi in wamba.

     And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 9:28:

     𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌸𐍉 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍉𐍃 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿, 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍂𐌿 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌰𐌺𐍉𐌱𐌿 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐌽 𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌹 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽.

     waurþun þan afar þō waurda swē dagōs ahtau, ganimands paitru jah iakōbu jah iōhannēn usiddja in fairguni bidjan.

     And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. (KJV)

• 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌲𐍃 (ahtaudōgs, “having lasted eight days, eight days old”)

• 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (ahtautēhund, “eighty”)
• 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌰 (ahtuda, “eighth”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “A59. ahtau”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 12
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 3