Where does “ну́мер” come from?
ну́мер (Russian) comes from German Nummer, from German Numero, from Italian numero, from Latin numerus, from Proto-Italic nomezos, from Proto-Indo-European némesos.
Ancestry of “ну́мер”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Nummer | number; issue; size |
| 2 | German | Numero | — |
| 3 | Italian | numero | number; numeral, figure, digit; sketch; short and... |
| 4 | Latin | numerus | number; collection, quantity; rank, position |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | nomezos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | némesos | — |