Where does “Grenz” come from?

Grenz (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German grenize, from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca — border, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas.

Grenz (Luxembourgish): border, frontier

Definitions

  1. border, frontier

Ancestry of “Grenz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangrenizeborder; frontier
2Old Polishgranicaborder
3Proto-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 →
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