Where does “Grenzfläche” come from?

Grenzfläche (German) comes from German fläche, from Middle High German vleche, from Old High German flah, from Proto-West Germanic *flak, from Proto-Germanic flakaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh — flat surface.

Grenzfläche (German): interface; boundary

Definitions

  1. interface; boundary

Ancestry of “Grenzfläche”, step by step

Grenzfläche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German fläche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanflächesurface
2Middle High Germanvleche—
3Old High Germanflahflat, smooth
4Proto-West Germanic*flak—
5Proto-Germanicflakazflat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥kehflat surface

via German Grenze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGrenzeborder; limit; frontier
2Middle High Germangrenizeborder; frontier
3Old Polishgranicaborder
4Proto-Slavicgrani̋caborder, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh →Every word from Proto-Germanic flakaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *flak →
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