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Katie Piskorowski :
is it bc we're supposed to sleep 8 hrs?
2026-07-17 14:30:23
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Rakhee Parekh :
in Gujarati, the number 8 is aht (so?) and night is that same sound but with a R in the front instead of N. Apparently similar etymology … haven’t seen an explanation thought for why night and the number eight are so similar in these languages to begin with…
2026-08-04 09:59:26
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ssahraa ·𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰰· :
you is kind, you is smart, you is important
2026-07-18 14:31:33
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MD73 :
In Dutch too: n+acht = nacht
2026-07-18 06:14:21
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ki :
Reminding us to get our 8 hours
2026-07-17 03:38:19
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kmpierson :
That’s because it’s dark at 8pm. (I made that up, I don’t really know)
2026-08-04 01:44:32
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Bri Miller :
This is such a cool fact!!!!
2026-07-18 19:23:22
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Adem Danya :
All the languages you mentioned are derived from a single origin that’s why
2026-07-18 21:21:06
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🛸✨ :
you smart i‘m addin you to my friendslist
2026-07-18 06:44:15
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juvileenryn :
maybe night starts at 8
2026-07-17 04:37:08
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✨D✨ :
Romanian: noapte (night), opt (eight)😳
2026-07-18 06:00:57
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mads :
nosiem
2026-07-18 12:11:58
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Lukki :
nkahdeksan
2026-07-17 23:29:14
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Marcigoo :
in Hungary - éjszaka
2026-07-20 07:43:17
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Ariel T. :
In Hebrew night is pronounced “Lila” and the number eight is “shmone”, maybe an exception to the rule lol
2026-07-17 15:44:53
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Kar-Karich :
нвосемь
2026-07-17 22:08:44
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Ava 🤎 :
Polish: nosiem 😭😭😭
2026-07-19 21:10:16
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Nic🌲 :
Hey, I can tell you why! So all of these language are related to each other—they all come from the same ancestor, which is called Proto-Indo-European. So that PIE language is the ancestor of all Romance languages (Spanish, Latin, etc) and also Germanic languages (English, German) and many others. In that language, the word for the number eight and the word for night happened to sound very similar. Then, over the course of thousands of years, the languages all changed how sounds are pronounced. And because the sounds in the beginning words for eight and night were similar, they were all impacted in the same way. Each language had slightly different sound changes, but they followed patterns that applied to both words because they started off in similar places, too. Hope that helps!
2026-07-17 01:56:47
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MrsMajki :
nosiem
2026-07-18 05:24:23
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𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚂𝚞𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛 ♬⋆.˚ :
now I'm mad it doesn't work in Polish
2026-07-18 22:17:23
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natalia :
n + osiem = noc (polish)
2026-07-18 11:39:05
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siemamadu :
Nosiem
2026-07-20 07:52:44
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Cailleach Feasa :
The Irish word for night is oíche, BUT the Irish world for tonight is anocht and the Irish word for eight is ocht
2026-07-18 13:16:20
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