Where does “zehntausend” come from?
zehntausend (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.
zehntausend (German): ten thousand
Ancestry of “zehntausend”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Tausend | thousand |
| 2 | Middle High German | tūsunt | — |
| 3 | Old High German | dūsunt | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |