Where does “suuntanumero” come from?

suuntanumero (Finnish) comes from Finnish numero, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

suuntanumero (Finnish): prefix set of digits placed before a telephone number, to indicate where the number is based or what type of phone number it is

Definitions

  1. prefix set of digits placed before a telephone number, to indicate where the number is based or what type of phone number it is

Ancestry of “suuntanumero”, step by step

suuntanumero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish numero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnumerodigit, number; numeral; number
2Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
3Proto-Italicnomezos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos—

via Finnish suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →Every word from Proto-Italic nomezos →Every word from Latin numerus →