Where does “tūontõz” come from?

tūontõz (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic tuhandec, from Proto-Finnic tuhat, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

tūontõz (Livonian): thousandth

Definitions

  1. thousandth

Ancestry of “tūontõz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictuhandecthousandth
2Proto-Finnictuhatthousand
3Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhat →
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