Where does “seitsemäntuhatta” come from?

seitsemäntuhatta (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.

seitsemäntuhatta (Finnish): seven thousand

Definitions

  1. seven thousand

Ancestry of “seitsemäntuhatta”, step by step

seitsemäntuhatta 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 seitsemän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseitsemänseven
2Proto-Finnicsäic'enseven
3Proto-Uralic*ćäjćemäseven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhat →