Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “hundratusental” come from?

hundratusental (Swedish) comes from Swedish tal, from Old Swedish tal, from Old Norse tal, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol-, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...

hundratusental (Swedish): hundred thousand, hundreds of thousands

Definitions

  1. hundred thousand, hundreds of thousands

Ancestry of “hundratusental”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtalnumber; An exercise involving calculations given...
2Old Swedishtal—
3Old Norsetala talk, parley, conversation; speech, language; a...
4Proto-Germanictaląspeech; number
5Proto-Indo-Europeandol-reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud
6Proto-Indo-Europeandel-to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European del- →