Where does “graničar” come from?

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

graničar (Serbo-Croatian): border guard; frontiersman

Definitions

  1. border guard; frontiersman

Ancestry of “graničar”, step by step

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