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

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “tisuća”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictỳsǫtithousand
2Proto-Balto-Slavictūˀsantisthousand
3Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “tisuća”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tūˀsantis →