Where does “Flugnummer” come from?

Flugnummer (German) comes from German Nummer, from German Numero, from Italian numero, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

Flugnummer (German): flight number

Definitions

  1. flight number

Ancestry of “Flugnummer”, step by step

Flugnummer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Nummer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNummernumber; issue; size
2GermanNumero
3Italiannumeronumber; numeral, figure, digit; sketch; short and...
4Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
5Proto-Italicnomezos
6Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos

via German flug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanflugflight (in the air)
2Old High Germanflug
3Proto-Germanicflugizflight, flying
4Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos
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