Where does “smertestillende” come from?

smertestillende (Danish) comes from Danish smerte, from Middle Low German smerte.

smertestillende (Danish): pain-relieving, painkilling

Definitions

  1. pain-relieving, painkilling

Ancestry of “smertestillende”, step by step

smertestillende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish smerte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsmertepain; suffering; grief
2Middle Low Germansmerte—

via Danish stillende

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishstillende—
Every word from Middle Low German smerte →Every word from Danish smerte →