Where does “huvudvärkstablett” come from?
huvudvärkstablett (Swedish) comes from Swedish huvudvärk, from Swedish Huvud, from Old Swedish hovuþ, from Old Norse hǫfuð, from Old Norse -i, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
huvudvärkstablett (Swedish): a (weaker) painkiller, like aspirin
Definitions
- a (weaker) painkiller, like aspirin
Ancestry of “huvudvärkstablett”, step by step
huvudvärkstablett traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish huvudvärk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | huvudvärk | headache; a headache |
| 2 | Swedish | Huvud | head |
| 3 | Old Swedish | hovuþ | head |
| 4 | Old Norse | hǫfuð | head |
| 5 | Old Norse | -i | th |
| 6 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Swedish tablett
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tablett | a tablet or pill |
| 2 | French | tablette | tablet; bar |
| 3 | Old French | tablete | small table; a board to be written on; tablet |
| 4 | Old French | -eté | variant of -té |
| 5 | Latin | -ittus | diminutive suffix, used to create nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |