Where does “Zimmernummer” come from?

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

Zimmernummer (German): room number

Definitions

  1. room number

Ancestry of “Zimmernummer”, step by step

Zimmernummer 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 Zimmer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZimmerroom
2Middle High Germanzimber—
3Old High Germanzimbar—
4Proto-West Germanic*timr(act of) building
5Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
6Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →