Where does “tausend” come from?

tausend (German) comes 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.

tausend (German): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “tausend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantūsunt—
2Old High Germandūsuntthousand
3Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
4Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
6Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þūsundī →