Where does “tusental” come from?
tusental (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.
tusental (Swedish): thousands, some thousand; a millennium; the 11th...
Definitions
- thousands, some thousand; a millennium; the 11th...
Ancestry of “tusental”, step by step
tusental traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tusen
| 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 |
via Swedish tal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tal | number; An exercise involving calculations given... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | tal | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | tal | a talk, parley, conversation; speech, language; a... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |