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Where does “grense” come from?

grense (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German Grenze, from Middle High German grenize, from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca.

grense (Norwegian Nynorsk): 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 Germangrenize—
3Old Polishgranica—
4Proto-Slavicgrani̋ca—

Words derived from “grense”

  • avgrense
  • snøgrense
  • grenseland
  • grenselaus
  • skoggrense
  • grensestolpe
  • landegrense
  • fartsgrense
  • grensesnitt
  • tregrense
  • aldersgrense
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