Where does “tuhatyksi” come from?

tuhatyksi (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.

tuhatyksi (Finnish): thousand one

Definitions

  1. thousand one

Ancestry of “tuhatyksi”, step by step

tuhatyksi 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 yksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksione
2Proto-Finnicükcione
3Proto-Uralicükteone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhat →