Where does “landsgrens” come from?

landsgrens (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans land, from Dutch land, from Middle Dutch lant, from Old Dutch lant, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

landsgrens (Afrikaans): national border, border of a country

Definitions

  1. national border, border of a country

Ancestry of “landsgrens”, step by step

landsgrens traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanslandcountry; nation
2Dutchlandland; country; land
3Middle Dutchlantland; country, region; ground, earth
4Old Dutchlantland; land, terrain; territory
5Proto-West Germaniclandland, area of ground
6Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

via Afrikaans grens

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansgrensborder, frontier
2Dutchgrensborder, frontier; limit
3GermanGrenzeborder; limit; frontier
4Middle High Germangrenizeborder; frontier
5Old Polishgranicaborder
6Proto-Slavicgrani̋caborder, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic landą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic land →