Where does “tuhattaituri” come from?

tuhattaituri (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.

tuhattaituri (Finnish): handyman, all-rounder one competent in many endeavors

Definitions

  1. handyman, all-rounder one competent in many endeavors

Ancestry of “tuhattaituri”, step by step

tuhattaituri 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 taituri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaiturimaster, whiz
2Finnishtaitaato know, master, command, have a command of, have...
3Proto-Finnictaitadakto know
4Proto-Finnictaje-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhat →