Where does “Zollgrenze” come from?

Zollgrenze (German) comes from German Zoll, from Old High German zol, from Proto-Germanic tullō, from Latin toloneum, from Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον, from Ancient Greek τελώνης, from Ancient Greek ὠνέομαι — price.

Zollgrenze (German): customs border

Definitions

  1. customs border

Ancestry of “Zollgrenze”, step by step

Zollgrenze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zoll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZollcustom; customs; unit of length
2Old High Germanzol
3Proto-Germanictullōwhat is counted or told
4Latintoloneum
5Latinteloneumtoll booth; custom house
6Ancient Greekτελώνιονtoll-house
7Ancient Greekτελώνηςa farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or...
8Ancient Greekὠνέομαιto buy, purchase
9Ancient Greekὦνοςprice
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwosno-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanwesno-price

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 wesno-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wosno-Every word from Ancient Greek ὦνος