Where does “neljätuhatta” come from?

neljätuhatta (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.

neljätuhatta (Finnish): four thousand

Definitions

  1. four thousand

Ancestry of “neljätuhatta”, step by step

neljätuhatta 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 neljä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneljäfour
2Proto-Finnicneljäfour
3Proto-Uralicneljäfour
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhat →
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