Where does “ciissitsaaq” come from?
ciissitsaaq (Yup'ik) comes 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.
ciissitsaaq (Yup'ik): one thousand
Ancestry of “ciissitsaaq”, step by step