Where does “gränsöverskridare” come from?

gränsöverskridare (Swedish) comes from Swedish överskrida, from Swedish över-, from Old Swedish yver, from Old Norse yfir, from Proto-Germanic ubiri, from Proto-Indo-European upéri, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

gränsöverskridare (Swedish): border crosser

Definitions

  1. border crosser

Ancestry of “gränsöverskridare”, step by step

gränsöverskridare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish överskrida

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishöverskridato exceed; to be larger or better than something...
2Swedishöver-over-; above, or higher; over-; superior; over-;...
3Old Swedishyver—
4Old Norseyfirabove
5Proto-Germanicubiriover; over, above
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérialternative reconstruction of *upér
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

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 h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →