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Vosem chart

Vosem chart comes from Russian восемь ‘eight’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*oḱtṓw‘eight’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*aśtṓnireconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*osmь‘eight’reconstructed
  4. Old East Slavicmodernосмь‘eight (8)’
  5. Russianmodernвосемьvosemʹ‘eight’
  6. EnglishtodayVosem chart

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*oḱtṓw‘eight’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*aśtṓnireconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*osmь‘eight’reconstructed
  4. Old East Slavicmodernосмь‘eight (8)’
  5. Russianmodernвосемьvosemʹ‘eight’
  6. EnglishtodayVosem chart

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw ‘eight’

eight, octave, aught, octavo, 18 more

Today it means

noun A three-dimensional chart that graphs the political spectrum, mapping cultural issues on one axis, fiscal issues on another axis, and corporate issues on a third axis, with the endpoints representing eight different ideologies.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw / Vosem chart

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