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

Definitions

  1. ten thousand

Ancestry of “zehntausend”, step by step

zehntausend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Tausend

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

via German zehn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzehnten
2Middle High Germanzehen—
3Old High Germanzehanten
4Proto-West Germanictehunten
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þūsundī →