köken: Inherited from Middle High German grenize, borrowed from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic *granica, from *granь /*grana (“branch; border”) + *-ica. The word spread westward in the 15th century and was reinforced by Luther’s Bible. Doublet of Granne.
köken: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mlc /marz/, “boundary, march; (astronomy) term”), from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary, border”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀 (mar^əza, “frontier”), Proto-Germanic *markō (> English march, mark), and Latin margo. Akin to the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian մարզ (marz), մարձ (marj), Georgian მაზრა (mazra), Classical Syriac ܡܪܙܐ (marzā).
köken: Borrowed in the 16th century from Middle Low German grense, grenitse and/or German Grenze, both ultimately from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic *granica.
border (a line or frontier area separating regions) · the region near a border · separation
çekim: çoğul fronteiras
eş: limite
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese fronteira. By surface analysis, fronte + -eira. Compare Galician fronteira, Mirandese frunteira, Spanish and Catalan frontera, French frontière, Italian frontiera. Piecewise doublet of frontaria.
aile: fronteira agrícola, fronteira artificial, fronteira linguística, fronteira termodinâmica, fronteira viva
border (line separating two regions) · region (area between borders) · edge, limit (bound beyond which one may not go)
çekim: çoğul granice · tamlayan granicy
eş: miedza, limes
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *granь /*grana Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas Proto-Slavic *-ica Proto-Slavic *granica Old Polish granica Polish granica Inherited from Old Polish granica. By surface analysis, grań + -ica.
aile: na granicy prawa, za granicą, dolna granica, górna granica, granica wieku, granice wzrostu, zielona granica, na granicy, w granicach, graniczyć
limit, border, bound boundary, frontier · boundaries, bounds, frontiers; by extension, territory, region, lands · limit in duration, term (duration of a set length)
köken: Disputed. Perhaps for Latin *fignis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”), whence fīgō, or for Latin *fidnis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”), whence findō. Other hypotheses include: * From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyH- (“to strike”); compare perfinēs (“(you would) break, shatter”). * From the same source as Proto-Germanic *bainaz (“straight; ready”) and *bainą…
boundary (dividing line or location between two areas) · limit · narrow clearing in a forest
çekim: çoğul ri̇̀bos · tamlayan ribõs
köken: Related to Lithuanian ribė́ti (“to sparkle”), raibas (“speckled”). The semantic development was likely 'sparkle' > 'a bright path in the forest' > 'boundary'. A similar semantic progression can be observed in aiškus (“clear, bright”) > aikštė (“clearing; square, plaza”)
border, boundary, frontier · A territory limited by borders. · The scope, reach, capacity of sth.
çekim: çoğul piirid · tamlayan piiri
eş: raja, veer, äär, serv, lävi, künnis
köken: From Proto-Finnic *piiri, from Proto-Uralic *pire, see there for further etymology. Cognates include Finnish piiri (“ring; region, area”), Võro piir', Karelian piirdiä (“to draw”), Livvi piiri (“region, area”), Votic piiri (“line”); Northern Sami birra (“around”), Inari Sami pirrâ, Kildin Sami пырр (pyrr) (from Proto-Samic *pirë); Erzya пире (pire, “(enclosed) vegetable garden”), пирявкс…