Where does “kolmetuhatta” come from?

kolmetuhatta (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.

kolmetuhatta (Finnish): three thousand

Definitions

  1. three thousand

Ancestry of “kolmetuhatta”, step by step

kolmetuhatta 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 kolme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmethree
2Finnishkolmitri-
3Proto-Uralic*kolme—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhat →