Where does “tausendfach” come from?

tausendfach (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.

tausendfach (German): thousandfold

Definitions

  1. thousandfold

Ancestry of “tausendfach”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tausendfach

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-Every word from Proto-Germanic þūsundī