Where does “grensetvist” come from?

grensetvist (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes 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.

grensetvist (Norwegian Nynorsk): a border or boundary dispute

Definitions

  1. a border or boundary dispute

Ancestry of “grensetvist”, step by step

grensetvist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk grense

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskgrensea 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 Nynorsk tvist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsktvista dispute
2Middle Low Germantwist—
3Proto-Germanictwī-two-, double-
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwi-two; apart, asunder
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca →Every word from Old Polish granica →Every word from Middle High German grenize →