Where does “einhunderttausend” come from?
einhunderttausend (German) comes from German hunderttausend, 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 — ten.
einhunderttausend (German): one hundred thousand
Definitions
- one hundred thousand
Ancestry of “einhunderttausend”, step by step
einhunderttausend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German hunderttausend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | hunderttausend | one hundred thousand |
| 2 | German | Hundert | the number 100; A unity of hundred things |
| 3 | Middle High German | hundert | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | hunderod | hundred |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *hundarad | hundred |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hundaradą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hundą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |