Where does “Grenzübertritt” come from?

Grenzübertritt (German) comes 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.

Grenzübertritt (German): the act of crossing a border between two countries

Definitions

  1. the act of crossing a border between two countries

Ancestry of “Grenzübertritt”, step by step

Grenzübertritt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Grenze

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

via German Übertritt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanÜbertritttransfer; crossing (over border etc.)
2Middle High Germanübertrit—

Words derived from “Grenzübertritt”

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