Where does “kaukani” come from?

kaukani (Hawaiian) comes from English thousand, from Middle English thousend, from Old English þūsend, 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.

kaukani (Hawaiian): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “kaukani”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthousandA numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10
2Middle EnglishthousendA thousand; 1000
3Old Englishþūsendthousand
4Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
5Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
6Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
7Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-