Where does “átta þúsund” come from?

átta þúsund (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic átta, from Old Norse átta, from Proto-Germanic ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

átta þúsund (Icelandic): eight thousand

Definitions

  1. eight thousand

Ancestry of “átta þúsund”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicáttaeight; the cardinal number after sjö and before...
2Old Norseáttaeight; inflection of átti: ## masculine oblique...
3Proto-Germanicahtōueight
4Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw →Every word from Proto-Germanic ahtōu →