Where does “Grenzkorrektur” come from?

Grenzkorrektur (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.

Grenzkorrektur (German): border correction

Definitions

  1. border correction

Ancestry of “Grenzkorrektur”, step by step

Grenzkorrektur 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 Korrektur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKorrekturcorrection
2Latincorrecturanominative feminine singular of corrēctūrus;...
Every word from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca
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