Where does “duhát” come from?

duhát (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish tuhat, from Proto-Finnic tuhat, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

duhát (Northern Sami): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “duhát”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtuhatAPI; one thousand; Nominative plural form of...
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