Where does “tuhannes” come from?

tuhannes (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic tuhandec, from Proto-Finnic tuhat, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

tuhannes (Finnish): the thousandth, abbreviation 1000

Definitions

  1. the thousandth, abbreviation 1000

Ancestry of “tuhannes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictuhandecthousandth
2Proto-Finnictuhatthousand
3Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “tuhannes”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhat →
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