Where does “Rangliste” come from?

Rangliste (German) comes from German rang, from French rang, from Old French reng, from Latin rencus, from Gaulish rekos, from Proto-Celtic reketi, from Proto-Indo-European (H)rek- — to set in order.

Rangliste (German): ranking list, leaderboard, league table

Definitions

  1. ranking list, leaderboard, league table

Ancestry of “Rangliste”, step by step

Rangliste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German rang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrangfirst/third-person singular preterite of ringen
2FrenchrangA row or line of things placed side-by-side; A...
3Old Frenchrengplace; position
4Latinrencusrow; order, rank
5Gaulishrekos
6Proto-Celticreketito arrange
7Proto-Indo-European(H)rek-to set in order

via German līste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlīstelist
2Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
3Old High Germanlīsta
4Proto-Germaniclīstōn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (H)rek-
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