Where does “tisuća” come from?
tisuća (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic tỳsǫti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀsantis, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
tisuća (Serbo-Croatian): thousand
Ancestry of “tisuća”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | tỳsǫti | — |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | tūˀsantis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
Words derived from “tisuća”