Where does “Bronzemedaillenspiel” come from?

Bronzemedaillenspiel (German) comes from German Bronzemedaille, from German Medaille, from French médaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius — to put, to place; to locate.

Bronzemedaillenspiel (German): third place playoff

Definitions

  1. third place playoff

Ancestry of “Bronzemedaillenspiel”, step by step

Bronzemedaillenspiel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bronzemedaille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBronzemedaillebronze medal
2GermanMedaillemedal
3Frenchmédaillemedal
4Italianmedagliamedal; third-person singular present indicative...
5Medieval Latinmedaliahalf a denarius
6Latinmedialianominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative...
7Latinmedialismedial; of or belonging to the middle
8Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
9Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
10Old Latinstlocus
11Proto-Italicstlokos
12Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via German spiel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspiela game instance or way of playing
2Middle High Germanspil
3Old High Germanspil
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-Every word from Proto-Italic stlokosEvery word from Old Latin stlocus