Where does “yhdeksäntuhatta” come from?

yhdeksäntuhatta (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.

yhdeksäntuhatta (Finnish): nine thousand

Definitions

  1. nine thousand

Ancestry of “yhdeksäntuhatta”, step by step

yhdeksäntuhatta 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 yhdeksän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhdeksännine
2Proto-Finnicükteksänine
3Proto-Finnicükcione
4Proto-Uralicükteone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhat →