Where does “tuhansittain” come from?

tuhansittain (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.

tuhansittain (Finnish): by the thousands

Definitions

  1. by the thousands

Ancestry of “tuhansittain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtuhatAPI; one thousand; Nominative plural form of...
2Proto-Finnictuhatthousand
3Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
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