Where does “sechzigtausendmal” come from?

sechzigtausendmal (German) comes from German tausendmal, from German -mal, from Middle High German -māle, from Old High German -mālun, from Proto-Germanic mēlamiz, from Proto-Germanic mēlą, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European mel- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

sechzigtausendmal (German): sixty thousand times

Definitions

  1. sixty thousand times

Ancestry of “sechzigtausendmal”, step by step

sechzigtausendmal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German tausendmal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantausendmala thousand times; countless times
2German-maltimes
3Middle High German-māle
4Old High German-mālun
5Proto-Germanicmēlamiz
6Proto-Germanicmēląmeasure, measurement; time, occasion; point in...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via German sechzig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansechzigsixty
2Middle High Germansehzec
3Old High Germansehszug
4Proto-Germanicsehs tigiwizsixty
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey-