Where does “grense” come from?

grense (Norwegian Bokmål) 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.

grense (Norwegian Bokmål): a border; a boundary; a limit

Definitions

  1. a border; a boundary; a limit

Ancestry of “grense”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGrenzeborder; limit; frontier
2Middle High Germangrenizeborder; frontier
3Old Polishgranicaborder
4Proto-Slavicgrani̋caborder, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas

Words derived from “grense”

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