Where does “achthunderttausend” come from?

achthunderttausend (German) comes from German Hundert, from Middle High German hundert, from Old Saxon hunderod, from Proto-West Germanic *hundarad, from Proto-Germanic hundaradą, from Proto-Germanic hundą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

achthunderttausend (German): eight hundred thousand

Definitions

  1. eight hundred thousand

Ancestry of “achthunderttausend”, step by step

achthunderttausend traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Hundert

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHundertthe number 100; A unity of hundred things
2Middle High Germanhundert
3Old Saxonhunderodhundred
4Proto-West Germanic*hundaradhundred
5Proto-Germanichundaradąa great hundred; a hundred
6Proto-Germanichundąa great hundred; a hundred
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
8Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

via German Tausend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTausendthousand
2Middle High Germantūsunt
3Old High Germandūsuntthousand
4Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
5Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
6Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
7Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via German Acht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAchtthe natural number eight; the numeral sign 8; a...
2Middle High Germanāhte
3Old High Germanahtôeight
4Proto-Germanicahtō
5Proto-Germanicahtōueight
6Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
7Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥