Where does “gräns” come from?

gräns (Swedish) comes from German Grenze, from Middle High German grenize, from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca — border, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas.

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 Germangrenizeborder; frontier
3Old Polishgranicaborder
4Proto-Slavicgrani̋caborder, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas

Words derived from “gräns”

Every word from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca →Every word from Old Polish granica →Every word from Middle High German grenize →