Where does “gränssnitt” come from?

gränssnitt (Swedish) comes from Swedish snitt, from German schnitt, from Middle High German snit, from Old High German snit, from Proto-West Germanic *snid, from Proto-Germanic *snidaz — a cut, slice, piece.

gränssnitt (Swedish): interface

Definitions

  1. interface

Ancestry of “gränssnitt”, step by step

gränssnitt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish snitt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsnitta cut; an average; face, section, cut
2Germanschnittfirst/third-person singular preterite of...
3Middle High Germansnit—
4Old High Germansnit—
5Proto-West Germanic*snid—
6Proto-Germanic*snidaza cut, slice, piece

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

Words derived from “gränssnitt”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *snidaz →