Where does “viisituhatta” come from?
viisituhatta (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.
viisituhatta (Finnish): five thousand
Ancestry of “viisituhatta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | tuhat | API; one thousand; Nominative plural form of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | tuhat | thousand |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |