Where does “grenseovergang” come from?

grenseovergang (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål overgang, from Norwegian Bokmål over, from Old Norse yfir, from Proto-Germanic ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

grenseovergang (Norwegian Bokmål): border crossing a crossing of the border, or a place where the border is crossed

Definitions

  1. border crossing a crossing of the border, or a place where the border is crossed

Ancestry of “grenseovergang”, step by step

grenseovergang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål overgang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåloverganga crossing; a transition; a transfer
2Norwegian Bokmåloverabove; past; over; more than
3Old Norseyfirabove
4Proto-Germanicubiriover; over, above
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Norwegian Bokmål grense

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgrensea border; a boundary; a limit
2GermanGrenzeborder; limit; frontier
3Middle High Germangrenizeborder; frontier
4Old Polishgranicaborder
5Proto-Slavicgrani̋caborder, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →