Where does “avgrensing” come from?
avgrensing (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål avgrense, from Norwegian Bokmål grense, 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.
avgrensing (Norwegian Bokmål): a boundary
Definitions
- a boundary
Ancestry of “avgrensing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | avgrense | to bound; to limit, restrict |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | grense | a border; a boundary; a limit |
| 3 | German | Grenze | border; limit; frontier |
| 4 | Middle High German | grenize | border; frontier |
| 5 | Old Polish | granica | border |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | grani̋ca | border, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas |