Where does “hundretusenvis” come from?
hundretusenvis (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hundretusen, 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.
hundretusenvis (Norwegian Bokmål): hundreds of thousands
Definitions
- hundreds of thousands
Ancestry of “hundretusenvis”, step by step
hundretusenvis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål hundretusen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | hundretusen | hundred thousand |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | hundre | hundred |
| 3 | Old Norse | hundrað | a long hundred |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hundaradą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hundą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |