Where does “Randnummer” come from?

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

Randnummer (German): a numbered division unit written alongside the text

Definitions

  1. a numbered division unit written alongside the text

Ancestry of “Randnummer”, step by step

Randnummer 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 Rand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRandedge, brink, rim; ledge, margin; skin
2Middle High Germanrant—
3Old High Germanrant—
4Proto-Germanicrandazedge, rim, crust; edge, rim
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrem-to rest, prop or support oneself; to come to...
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