Where does “thūsunt” come from?

thūsunt (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic þūsundī, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

thūsunt (Old Dutch): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “thūsunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
2Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
3Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “thūsunt”

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