Where does “Höchstgrenze” come from?

Höchstgrenze (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.

Höchstgrenze (German): upper limit, maximum limit, ceiling

Definitions

  1. upper limit, maximum limit, ceiling

Ancestry of “Höchstgrenze”, step by step

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