Where does “Ordnungsnummer” come from?

Ordnungsnummer (German) comes from German Ordnung, from Middle High German ordenunge, from Old High German ordinunga, from Old High German ordinōn, from Latin ordino, from Latin ordo, from Proto-Italic ord-on-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Ordnungsnummer (German): serial number

Definitions

  1. serial number

Ancestry of “Ordnungsnummer”, step by step

Ordnungsnummer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ordnung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOrdnungarrangement, regulation; classification, order,...
2Middle High Germanordenunge—
3Old High Germanordinunga—
4Old High Germanordinōnto put in order
5LatinordinoI arrange, put in order, organize; I rule,...
6Latinordoa methodical series, arrangement, or order;...
7Proto-Italicord-on-row, order
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Italic ord-on- →Every word from Latin ordo →