Time & numbers

eight

Source:*osmьProto-Slaviccertain

East Slavic put a v- in front of initial o-: восемь, вісім.

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English

eight

Polish

osiem

ˈɔɕɛm

Cognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
во́семьvosemʹ
ˈvosʲɪmʲinherited
Ukrainian
ві́сімvisim
ˈʋisʲiminherited
Polish
osiem
ˈɔɕɛminherited
Czech
osm
ˈosm̩inherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
osamосам
ˈosaminherited
English
eight
Distant English relative — Slavic *osmь is built on the Indo-European word for eight (*oḱtṓw), via the ordinal 'eighth'.