Where does “hundretusen” come from?

hundretusen (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hundre, from Old Norse hundrað, from Proto-Germanic hundaradą, from Proto-Germanic hundą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

hundretusen (Norwegian Bokmål): hundred thousand

Definitions

  1. hundred thousand

Ancestry of “hundretusen”, step by step

hundretusen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål hundre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhundrehundred
2Old Norsehundraða long hundred
3Proto-Germanichundaradąa great hundred; a hundred
4Proto-Germanichundąa great hundred; a hundred
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

via Norwegian Bokmål tusen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltusena thousand; thousand; 1000
2Old Norseþúsund—
3Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “hundretusen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundą →