Where does “nummer” come from?

nummer (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.

nummer (Norwegian Nynorsk): a number

Definitions

  1. a number

Ancestry of “nummer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nummer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European némesos →Every word from Proto-Italic nomezos →Every word from Latin numerus →