Where does “tuhatjalkainen” come from?

tuhatjalkainen (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.

tuhatjalkainen (Finnish): A myriapod, any member of the subphylum Myriapoda

Definitions

  1. A myriapod, any member of the subphylum Myriapoda

Ancestry of “tuhatjalkainen”, 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

Words derived from “tuhatjalkainen”

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