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Where does “Abgrenzung” come from?

Abgrenzung (German) comes from German abgrenzen, from German grenzen, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Abgrenzung (German): demarcation; differentiation

Definitions

  1. demarcation; differentiation

Ancestry of “Abgrenzung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanabgrenzento delimit, to demarcate
2Germangrenzento border
3German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
4Middle High German-en—
5Old High German-īn—
6Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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