Where does “Turnierbaum” come from?

Turnierbaum (German) comes from German Turnier, from Old French tornoi, from Old French tornoiier, from Old French torner, from Latin tornō, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος, from Proto-Indo-European torh₂no- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

Turnierbaum (German): tournament bracket diagram of matches in a tournament

Definitions

  1. tournament bracket diagram of matches in a tournament

Ancestry of “Turnierbaum”, step by step

Turnierbaum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Turnier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTurniertournament
2Old Frenchtornoitournament
3Old Frenchtornoiierto turn; to participate in a tournament
4Old Frenchtornerto turn; to return; to go back
5Latintornōto turn
6LatintornusA turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel
7Ancient GreekτόρνοςA tool similar to a pair of compasses used to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeantorh₂no-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

via German baum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbaumtree
2Middle High Germanboumtree
3Old High Germanboumtree, beam
4Proto-West Germanicbaumtree; beam
5Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European torh₂no-Every word from Ancient Greek τόρνος