Where does “årtusende” come from?
årtusende (Swedish) comes from Swedish tusen, from Old Swedish þusand, from Old Norse þúsund, from Proto-Germanic þūsundī, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
årtusende (Swedish): a millennium, a period of one thousand years
Definitions
- a millennium, a period of one thousand years
Ancestry of “årtusende”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tusen | thousand |
| 2 | Old Swedish | þusand | thousand |
| 3 | Old Norse | þúsund | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |