Where does “dreitausendfach” come from?

dreitausendfach (German) comes from German tausendfach, from German Tausend, 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.

dreitausendfach (German): three thousand fold

Definitions

  1. three thousand fold

Ancestry of “dreitausendfach”, step by step

dreitausendfach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German tausendfach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantausendfachthousandfold
2GermanTausendthousand
3Middle High Germantūsunt
4Old High Germandūsuntthousand
5Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
6Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
7Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via German Drei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDreithree
2Middle High Germandrīthree
3Old High Germandrīthree
4Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
5Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-Every word from Proto-Germanic þūsundī