Where does “tusen” come from?

tusen (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes 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.

tusen (Norwegian Nynorsk): a thousand; thousand; 1000

Definitions

  1. a thousand; thousand; 1000

Ancestry of “tusen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tusen”

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