Where does “Grenze” come from?

Grenze (German) comes from Middle High German grenize, from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca — border, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas.

Grenze (German): border; limit; frontier

Definitions

  1. border; limit; frontier

Ancestry of “Grenze”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Grenze”

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