Where does “gemenanumerot” come from?
gemenanumerot (Finnish) comes from Finnish gemena, from Swedish gemen, from Middle Low German gemēn, from Old Saxon gimēni, from Proto-West Germanic gamainī, from Proto-Germanic gamainiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moynis.
gemenanumerot (Finnish): old-style figures, old-style numerals
Definitions
- old-style figures, old-style numerals
Ancestry of “gemenanumerot”, step by step
gemenanumerot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish gemena
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | gemena | lower case small letters a, b, c.. collectively |
| 2 | Swedish | gemen | plain, simple, common, popular; mean,... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | gemēn | common |
| 4 | Old Saxon | gimēni | common, general |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | gamainī | common; shared, communal |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gamainiz | shared, communal, public; common, ordinary |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moynis | — |