Where does “viitisentuhatta” come from?

viitisentuhatta (Finnish) comes from Finnish viitisen, from Finnish -isen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

viitisentuhatta (Finnish): around five thousand

Definitions

  1. around five thousand

Ancestry of “viitisentuhatta”, step by step

viitisentuhatta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viitisen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviitisenabout five
2Finnish-isenforms adverbs from numerals to represent an...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

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
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →