Where does “erehdys” come from?
erehdys (Finnish) comes from Finnish erehtyä, from Finnish -htua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend, from Old English þūsend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
erehdys (Finnish): mistake
Definitions
- mistake
Ancestry of “erehdys”, step by step
erehdys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish erehtyä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | erehtyä | to err, make a mistake |
| 2 | Finnish | -htua | Forms translative verbs, often emphasizing the... |
| 3 | Finnish | -tua | Forms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs... |
| 4 | Ido | tu | you singular, thou |
| 5 | English | thou | Nominative singular of ye; To address using the... |
| 6 | English | thousand | A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10 |
| 7 | Middle English | thousend | A thousand; 1000 |
| 8 | Old English | þūsend | thousand |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |