Re: Why there is t- in German tausend "thousand"?

I beg Your pardon: porta > Pforte (of course)

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> Therefore porta > Pforze (8th century porta, borta; 9th century
> phorta), like Pfoertner (12th century portināri, Middle High German
> phortenaere), after postconsonantal /t/ > /ts/ but before word-initial
> /p/ > /pf-/ (a Romance †porda is unconceivable, lenition of voiceless
> plosives doesn't work in postconsontal environments), while Middle
> High German phorze (in contrast with phorte) before postconsonantal
> /t/ > /ts/ but North of pund/fund/Pfund-line.