Where does “grensgeval” come from?

grensgeval (Dutch) 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.

grensgeval (Dutch): borderline case

Definitions

  1. borderline case

Ancestry of “grensgeval”, step by step

grensgeval traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch grens

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

via Dutch geval

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgevalcase, situation, instance; thing
2Middle Dutchgevalfate; fortune, luck; event, occurrence
3Middle Dutchgevallento fall; to decay, to collapse; to end, to expire
4Old Dutchgifallan—
Every word from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca →Every word from Old Polish granica →Every word from Middle High German grenize →