Where does “Tausend” come from?

Tausend (German) comes from Middle High German tūsunt, from Old High German dūsunt, from Proto-West Germanic þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic þūsundī, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

Tausend (German): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “Tausend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantūsunt
2Old High Germandūsuntthousand
3Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
4Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
6Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “Tausend

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-