Where does “grensoorlog” come from?

grensoorlog (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.

grensoorlog (Dutch): a border war war at and/or about borders

Definitions

  1. a border war war at and/or about borders

Ancestry of “grensoorlog”, step by step

grensoorlog 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 oorlog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchoorlogwar
2Middle Dutchorloge—
3Old Dutchurlage—
Every word from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca →