Where does “тысячелетие” come from?
тысячелетие (Russian) comes from Russian ты́сяча, from Old East Slavic тысяча, from Proto-Slavic tỳsęti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tū́ˀsantis, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
тысячелетие (Russian): millennium
Definitions
- millennium
Ancestry of “тысячелетие”, step by step
тысячелетие traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.