Where does “тисячоліття” come from?
тисячоліття (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian тисяча, from Russian ты́сяча, from Old East Slavic тысяча, from Proto-Slavic tỳsęti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tū́ˀsantis, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
тисячоліття (Ukrainian): millennium
Definitions
- millennium
Ancestry of “тисячоліття”, step by step
тисячоліття traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian тисяча
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | тисяча | thousand |
| 2 | Russian | ты́сяча | thousand |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | тысяча | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | tỳsęti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *tū́ˀsantis | thousand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via Ukrainian літо
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | літо | summer |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -ок | takes masculine nouns, produces diminutive masculine nouns, sometimes with further sense development |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |