Where does “Startnummer” come from?

Startnummer (German) comes from German start, from English Start, from English Stark, from German stark, from Middle High German stark, from Old High German stark, from Proto-Germanic starkuz, from Proto-Germanic sterkaną — rigid, stiff; to love.

Startnummer (German): bib number, starting number number used to identify a racer, often, but not necessarily, according to the starting order

Definitions

  1. bib number, starting number number used to identify a racer, often, but not necessarily, according to the starting order

Ancestry of “Startnummer”, step by step

Startnummer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German start

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstartsingular imperative of starten
2EnglishStartA typical button for video games, originally used...
3EnglishStarkThe language spoken in the Ender's Game series,...
4Germanstarkstrong; great, brilliant, awesome
5Middle High Germanstark
6Old High Germanstarkstrong
7Proto-Germanicstarkuzstiff; rigid; strong
8Proto-Germanicsterkanąto become stiff, stiffen
9Proto-Indo-Europeansterg-rigid, stiff; to love

via German Nummer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNummernumber; issue; size
2GermanNumero
3Italiannumeronumber; numeral, figure, digit; sketch; short and...
4Latinnumerusnumber; collection, quantity; rank, position
5Proto-Italicnomezos
6Proto-Indo-Europeannémesos

Words derived from “Startnummer

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterg-