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och [‘ch’ as in ‘loch’], okcht numeral eight 20. etymology: possibly a development from Scots aucht with the same meaning; attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies and BS in TDITA; collected by EMcC/PS; form okcht attested in Shelta note:

Grellmann (1787) collected the form Ochto with the same meaning from Continental gipsies.

Canadian Paul Pope (2013) cites the form och with the same meaning.