heşt *oḱtṓw

Kurdish Persian Hindi Russian French English
heşt hasht āṭh vosem' huit eight

Explanation

From PIE *oḱtṓw. Kurdish 'heşt' and Persian 'hasht' show the Iranian development with initial 'h'. English 'eight' and French 'huit' (< Latin 'octo') preserve traces of the original velar.

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January 11, 2026

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