Where does “bristningsgräns” come from?

bristningsgräns (Swedish) comes from Swedish bristning, from Swedish brista, from Old Swedish brista, from Old Norse bresta, from Proto-Germanic brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰres‑ — to burst; break; crack; crackle.

bristningsgräns (Swedish): a breaking point (sometimes hyperbolically)

Definitions

  1. a breaking point (sometimes hyperbolically)

Ancestry of “bristningsgräns”, step by step

bristningsgräns traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish bristning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbristninga breaking, a bursting
2Swedishbristato break
3Old Swedishbristato break, burst
4Old Norsebrestato break, burst
5Proto-Germanicbrestanąto burst, break, sunder, split, crack
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰres‑to burst; break; crack; crackle

via Swedish gräns

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgränsbound, boundary; the border of a territory;...
2GermanGrenzeborder; limit; frontier
3Middle High Germangrenizeborder; frontier
4Old Polishgranicaborder
5Proto-Slavicgrani̋caborder, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰres‑ →Every word from Proto-Germanic brestaną →Every word from Old Norse bresta →