Where does “сорокатисячний” come from?

сорокатисячний (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian сорока, from Proto-Slavic s(v)orka.

сорокатисячний (Ukrainian): forty-thousandth

Definitions

  1. forty-thousandth

Ancestry of “сорокатисячний”, step by step

сорокатисячний traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ukrainian сорока

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianсорокаmagpie; a very talkative man
2Proto-Slavics(v)orka—

via Ukrainian ти́сяч

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianти́сяч—
Every word from Proto-Slavic s(v)orka →Every word from Ukrainian сорока →