Where does “bröstsmärta” come from?

bröstsmärta (Swedish) comes from Swedish bröst, from Old Swedish bryst, from Old Norse brjóst, from Proto-Germanic breustą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- — to break.

bröstsmärta (Swedish): chest pain

Definitions

  1. chest pain

Ancestry of “bröstsmärta”, step by step

bröstsmärta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish bröst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbröstbreast; the fleshy organs on the chest of a...
2Old Swedishbrystbreast
3Old Norsebrjóstbreast; person, personality; front
4Proto-Germanicbreustąbreast, chest
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrews-to break

via Swedish smärta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsmärtaa pain, an ache, a suffering; to hurt, to pain
2Middle Low Germansmerte—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrews- →Every word from Proto-Germanic breustą →Every word from Old Norse brjóst →