Where does “siebentausendfach” come from?

siebentausendfach (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.

siebentausendfach (German): seven thousand fold

Definitions

  1. seven thousand fold

Ancestry of “siebentausendfach”, step by step

siebentausendfach 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 Sieben

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSiebenseven; gerund of sieben; the act of sifting;...
2Middle High Germansiben
3Old High Germansibunseven
4Proto-West Germanic*sibun
5Proto-Germanicsebunseven
6Proto-Germanicsebunt
7Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-Every word from Proto-Germanic þūsundī
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