Dictionary entry

Eight (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Eight, a. [AS. eahta; akin to OS. ahto, OFries. achta, D. & G. acht, OHG. ahto, Icel. ātta, Sw. åtta, Dan. otte, Goth. ahtau, Lith. asztůni, Ir. & Gael. ochd, W. wyth, Armor. eich, eiz, L. octo, Gr. οκτὤ, Skr. ashṭan. √306. Cf. Octave.] Seven and one; as, eight years.