Where does “grens” come from?

grens (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch grens, from German Grenze, from Middle High German grenize, from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca — border, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas.

grens (Afrikaans): border, frontier

Definitions

  1. border, frontier

Ancestry of “grens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgrensborder, frontier; limit
2GermanGrenzeborder; limit; frontier
3Middle High Germangrenizeborder; frontier
4Old Polishgranicaborder
5Proto-Slavicgrani̋caborder, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas

Words derived from “grens”

Every word from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca →Every word from Old Polish granica →Every word from Middle High German grenize →
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