Where does “Grenzfluss” come from?

Grenzfluss (German) comes from German Fluß, from German fließen, from Middle High German vlieȥen, from Old High German flioȥan, from Proto-West Germanic fleutan, from Proto-Germanic fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Grenzfluss (German): a river that forms a border; border river

Definitions

  1. a river that forms a border; border river

Ancestry of “Grenzfluss”, step by step

Grenzfluss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fluß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFlußFormerly standard spelling of Fluss which was...
2Germanfließento flow
3Middle High Germanvlieȥento flow, run
4Old High Germanflioȥanto flow, to run
5Proto-West Germanicfleutanto float; to stream
6Proto-Germanicfleutanąto float, stream
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

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 plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleutaną →