Where does “þūsundi” come from?

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

þūsundi (Proto-West Germanic): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “þūsundi”, step by step

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

Words derived from “þūsundi”

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