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Where does “þūsundī” come from?

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

þūsundī (Proto-Germanic): a thousand

Definitions

  1. a thousand

Ancestry of “þūsundī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
2Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “þūsundī”

  • thousand
  • thousandth
  • thousandaire
  • thousandsome
  • yearthousand
  • zehntausend
  • tausend
  • eintausend
  • tausendmal
  • tausenderlei
  • abertausend
  • hunderttausend
  • einhunderttausend
  • tausendjährig
  • duizendpoot
  • duizend
  • doezoe
  • grootduizend
  • tusen
  • tusental
  • tusenkonstnär
  • årtusende
  • tusenvis
  • tusen
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