Where does “tuhad” come from?

tuhad (Votic) comes from Proto-Finnic tuhat, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

tuhad (Votic): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “tuhad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictuhatthousand
2Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
3Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Finnic tuhat →