Where does “monituhatkertainen” come from?

monituhatkertainen (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.

monituhatkertainen (Finnish): several thousand-fold

Definitions

  1. several thousand-fold

Ancestry of “monituhatkertainen”, step by step

monituhatkertainen 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 moni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonimany; few, quite a few; many people, many
2Proto-Finnicmonimany
3Proto-Finno-Permicmone

Words derived from “monituhatkertainen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-
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