Where does “gränsnytta” come from?

gränsnytta (Swedish) comes from Swedish gräns, 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.

gränsnytta (Swedish): marginal utility

Definitions

  1. marginal utility

Ancestry of “gränsnytta”, step by step

gränsnytta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Swedish nytta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishnyttause, usefulness, utility
Every word from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca →Every word from Old Polish granica →Every word from Middle High German grenize →
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