Where does “граничар” come from?

граничар (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian гра̀ница, from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca — border, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas.

граничар (Serbo-Croatian): border guard; frontiersman

Definitions

  1. border guard; frontiersman

Ancestry of “граничар”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianгра̀ницаborder
2Proto-Slavicgrani̋caborder, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas
Every word from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca →Every word from Serbo-Croatian гра̀ница →
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