Where does “thusind” come from?
thusind (Old Danish) 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.
thusind (Old Danish): thousand
Ancestry of “thusind”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | þúsund | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |