Where does “рубеж” come from?

рубеж (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic рубежь, from Proto-Slavic rǫbežь, from Proto-Slavic rǫbiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ramˀb-.

рубеж (Russian): boundary, border, borderline, frontier; line

Definitions

  1. boundary, border, borderline, frontier; line

Ancestry of “рубеж”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicрубежь—
2Proto-Slavicrǫbežьborder
3Proto-Slavicrǫbitito chop; to hem
4Proto-Balto-Slavicramˀb-—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ramˀb- →Every word from Proto-Slavic rǫbiti →Every word from Proto-Slavic rǫbežь →