Where does “thousend” come from?

thousend (Middle English) comes 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.

thousend (Middle English): A thousand; 1000

Definitions

  1. A thousand; 1000

Ancestry of “thousend”, step by step

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

Words derived from “thousend”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →