Where does “tuhat” come from?

tuhat (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic tuhat, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

tuhat (Estonian): one thousand

Definitions

  1. one thousand

Ancestry of “tuhat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictuhatthousand
2Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
3Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “tuhat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhat →
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