Where does “bedøvelse” come from?

bedøvelse (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish Else, from Danish Elisabeth — Elizabeth biblical figure.

bedøvelse (Norwegian Bokmål): anesthesia; an anesthetic

Definitions

  1. anesthesia; an anesthetic

Ancestry of “bedøvelse”, step by step

bedøvelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish Else

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishElse—
2DanishElisabethElizabeth biblical figure

via Norwegian Bokmål bedøve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbedøveanesthetize; to numb, stun
2Low Germanbedöwen—

Words derived from “bedøvelse”

Every word from Danish Elisabeth →Every word from Danish Else →
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