Where does “fünftausend” come from?

fünftausend (German) comes 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.

fünftausend (German): five thousand

Definitions

  1. five thousand

Ancestry of “fünftausend”, step by step

fünftausend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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 Fünf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFünffive
2Middle High Germanvünf—
3Old High Germanfimffive
4Proto-West Germanicfimffive
5Proto-Germanicfimffive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þūsundī →
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