Where does “dausend” come from?

dausend (Luxembourgish) comes 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.

dausend (Luxembourgish): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “dausend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germandūsuntthousand
2Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
3Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “dausend”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þūsundī →