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
- boundary, border, borderline, frontier; line
Ancestry of “рубеж”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | рубежь | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | rǫbežь | border |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | rǫbiti | to chop; to hem |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ramˀb- | — |