Where does “viertausendfach” come from?

viertausendfach (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.

viertausendfach (German): four thousand fold

Definitions

  1. four thousand fold

Ancestry of “viertausendfach”, step by step

viertausendfach 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 vier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvierfour
2Middle High Germanvier
3Old High Germanfiorfour
4Proto-West Germanicfeuwarfour
5Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-Every word from Proto-Germanic þūsundī