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Where does “gräns” come from?

gräns (Swedish) comes from German Grenze, from Middle High German grenize, from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca.

gräns (Swedish): bound, boundary; the border of a territory;...

Definitions

  1. bound, boundary; the border of a territory;...

Ancestry of “gräns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGrenzeborder; limit; frontier
2Middle High Germangrenize—
3Old Polishgranica—
4Proto-Slavicgrani̋ca—

Words derived from “gräns”

  • gränsöverskridande
  • gränsflod
Every word from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca →