Where does “avgrensing” come from?
avgrensing (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk avgrense, from Norwegian Nynorsk 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 Nynorsk): a boundary
Definitions
- a boundary
Ancestry of “avgrensing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | avgrense | to bound; to limit, restrict |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | 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 |