Where does “kymmenentuhatta” come from?

kymmenentuhatta (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.

kymmenentuhatta (Finnish): API; ten thousand

Definitions

  1. API; ten thousand

Ancestry of “kymmenentuhatta”, step by step

kymmenentuhatta 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 kymmenen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkymmenendecades 10 Previous: nolla Next: kaksikymmentä;...
2Proto-Finnickümmenten; decade, group of ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhat →