thousand
/ˈθaʊz(ə)nd/ · num
Meaning
- A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³ (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)
Etymology / origin
From Middle English thousend, thusand, from Old English þūsend (“thousand”), from Proto-West Germanic *þūsundi, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī (“thousand”), (compare Scots thousand (“thousand”), Saterland Frisian duusend (“thousand”), West Frisian tûzen (“thousand”), Dutch duizend (“thousand”), German tausend (“thousand”), Danish tusind (“thousand”), Swedish tusen (“thousand”), Norwegian tusen (“thousand”), Icelandic þúsund (“thousand”), Faroese túsund (“thousand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *tuHsont-, *tuHsenti- (compare Lithuanian tūkstantis (“thousand”), Polish tysiąc, Russian ты́сяча (týsjača), Finnish tuhat, Estonian tuhat).
- tuhat(Estonian)→
- tuhat(Finnish)→
- ты́сяча(ru)→
- tysiąc(Polish)→
- tūkstantis(Lithuanian)→
- *tuHsont-(ine-pro)→
- túsund(Faroese)→
- þúsund(Icelandic)→
- tusen(no)→
- tusen(Swedish)→
- tusind(Danish)→
- Tausend(German)→
- duizend(Dutch)→
- tûzen(fy)→
- duusend(stq)→
- thousand(Scots)→
- *þūsundī(gem-pro)→
- *þūsundi(gmw-pro)→
- þūsend(ang)→
- thousend(Middle English)→
- *tewh₂-(ine-pro)→
- thousand (English)
- Relations: root, inh, inh, inh, inh, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, der, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog
Related words
*tewh₂-(ine-pro)thousend(Middle English)þūsend(ang)*þūsundi(gmw-pro)*þūsundī(gem-pro)thousand(Scots)duusend(stq)tûzen(fy)duizend(Dutch)Tausend(German)tusind(Danish)tusen(Swedish)tusen(no)þúsund(Icelandic)túsund(Faroese)*tuHsont-(ine-pro)tūkstantis(Lithuanian)tysiąc(Polish)ты́сяча(ru)tuhat(Finnish)tuhat(Estonian)tausankh(Cimbrian)tauzing(Cimbrian)kaukani(Hawaiian)tausani(Hawaiian)tūkstotis(Latvian)to̧ujin(Marshallese)tusen(Norwegian Nynorsk)dausend(Pennsylvania German)thao(Swahili)tausen(Tok Pisin)thousand(Translingual)
Descendant words
- tausankh(Cimbrian) (cog)
- tauzing(Cimbrian) (cog)
- kaukani(Hawaiian) (bor)
- tausani(Hawaiian) (bor)
- tūkstotis(Latvian) (cog)
- tūkstantis(Lithuanian) (cog)
- to̧ujin(Marshallese) (bor)
- tusen(Norwegian Nynorsk) (cog)
- dausend(Pennsylvania German) (cog)
- thao(Swahili) (der)
- tausen(Tok Pisin) (inh)
- thousand(Translingual) (bor)
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