Where does “avsminka” come from?

avsminka (Swedish) comes from Swedish av, from Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

avsminka (Swedish): remove make-up

Definitions

  1. remove make-up

Ancestry of “avsminka”, step by step

avsminka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish av

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishavfrom; starting at; by
2Old Norseafof, from, off, by
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via Swedish sminka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsminkato make up
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old Norse af →