Where does “þúsund” come from?
þúsund (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þúsund, from Proto-Germanic þūsundī, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
þúsund (Icelandic): a thousand
Ancestry of “þúsund”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | þúsund | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
Words derived from “þúsund”