Where does “יאָרטויזנט” come from?

יאָרטויזנט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish טויזנט, from Old High German dūsunt, from Proto-West Germanic þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic þūsundī, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

יאָרטויזנט (Yiddish): millennium

Definitions

  1. millennium

Ancestry of “יאָרטויזנט”, step by step

יאָרטויזנט traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish טויזנט

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishטויזנטthousand
2Old High Germandūsuntthousand
3Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
4Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
6Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Yiddish יאָר

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishיאָרyear
2Old High Germanjāryear
3Proto-West Germanicjāryear
4Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þūsundī →