Where does “stierenrennen” come from?

stierenrennen (Dutch) comes from Dutch Stier, from Middle Dutch stier, from Old Dutch stier, from Proto-Germanic steuraz, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

stierenrennen (Dutch): bull run, running of the bulls

Definitions

  1. bull run, running of the bulls

Ancestry of “stierenrennen”, step by step

stierenrennen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Stier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchStierTaurus
2Middle Dutchstier—
3Old DutchstierA bull
4Proto-Germanicsteurazbull
5Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

via Dutch rennen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchrennento run, to move fast; to run, flow, stream; to...
2Middle Dutchrinnento flow, to stream, to run; to run, to move...
3Old Dutchrinnanto run
4Proto-Germanic*rinnan—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →Every word from Proto-Germanic steuraz →Every word from Old Dutch stier →