Where does “nummar” come from?

nummar (Faroese) comes from Old French nombre, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

nummar (Faroese): number

Definitions

  1. number

Ancestry of “nummar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchnombreAlternative form of nonbre
2Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
3Proto-Italicnomezos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →Every word from Proto-Italic nomezos →Every word from Latin numerus →