Where does “grensestolpe” come from?

grensestolpe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes 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.

grensestolpe (Norwegian Bokmål): a border or boundary marker

Definitions

  1. a border or boundary marker

Ancestry of “grensestolpe”, step by step

grensestolpe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Norwegian Bokmål stolpe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålstolpea pole or post
2Old Norsestolpibeam, girder; pillar
3Proto-Germanic*stulpôpost, pole, column
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca →Every word from Old Polish granica →Every word from Middle High German grenize →