Where does “kahdeksantuhatta” come from?

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

kahdeksantuhatta (Finnish): eight thousand

Definitions

  1. eight thousand

Ancestry of “kahdeksantuhatta”, step by step

kahdeksantuhatta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuhat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtuhatAPI; one thousand; Nominative plural form of...
2Proto-Finnictuhatthousand
3Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Finnish kahdeksan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahdeksaneight
2Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
3Proto-Finnickakcitwo
4Proto-Uralic*kakta—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhat →