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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStartnummerbib number, starting number number used to identify a racer, often, but not necessarily, according to the starting order
2Germanstartsingular imperative of starten
3EnglishStartA typical button for video games, originally used...
4EnglishStarkThe language spoken in the Ender's Game series,...
5Germanstarkstrong; great, brilliant, awesome
6Middle High Germanstark
7Old High Germanstarkstrong
8Proto-Germanicstarkuzstiff; rigid; strong
9Proto-Germanicsterkanąto become stiff, stiffen
10Proto-Indo-Europeansterg-rigid, stiff; to love

via German Rennen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRennenrace, a competitive event in sports; the act of...
2Old High Germanrennan
3Proto-Germanicrannijanąto cause to run; to cause to flow
4Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
7Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterg-