Where does “Startnummernrennen” come from?
Startnummernrennen (German) comes from German Startnummer, 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 — rigid, stiff; to love.
Startnummernrennen (German): a race in which the participants’ ranking correlates strongly with the starting order, for whatever reason, e.g. because the track continuously deteriorates
Definitions
- a race in which the participants’ ranking correlates strongly with the starting order, for whatever reason, e.g. because the track continuously deteriorates
Ancestry of “Startnummernrennen”, step by step
Startnummernrennen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Startnummer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Startnummer | bib number, starting number number used to identify a racer, often, but not necessarily, according to the starting order |
| 2 | German | start | singular imperative of starten |
| 3 | English | Start | A typical button for video games, originally used... |
| 4 | English | Stark | The language spoken in the Ender's Game series,... |
| 5 | German | stark | strong; great, brilliant, awesome |
| 6 | Middle High German | stark | — |
| 7 | Old High German | stark | strong |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | starkuz | stiff; rigid; strong |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | sterkaną | to become stiff, stiffen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sterg- | rigid, stiff; to love |
via German Rennen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rennen | race, a competitive event in sports; the act of... |
| 2 | Old High German | rennan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rannijaną | to cause to run; to cause to flow |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |