Where does “titusen” come from?

titusen (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tusen, from Old Norse þúsund, from Proto-Germanic þūsundī, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

titusen (Norwegian Bokmål): ten thousand

Definitions

  1. ten thousand

Ancestry of “titusen”, step by step

titusen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Norwegian Bokmål ti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltiten
2Old Norsetíuten
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “titusen”

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