Where does “viidestuhannes” come from?

viidestuhannes (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuhannes, 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.

viidestuhannes (Finnish): five-thousandth

Definitions

  1. five-thousandth

Ancestry of “viidestuhannes”, step by step

viidestuhannes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuhannes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhannesthe thousandth, abbreviation 1000
2Proto-Finnictuhandecthousandth
3Proto-Finnictuhatthousand
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Finnish viides

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviidesfifth
2Proto-Finnicviidencififth
3Proto-Finnicviicifive
4Proto-Uralicwittefive; ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhat
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