Where does “smärtgräns” come from?

smärtgräns (Swedish) comes from Swedish gräns, from German Grenze, from Middle High German grenize, from Old Polish granica, from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca — border, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas.

smärtgräns (Swedish): pain threshold (the lowest intensity of stimulation experienced as painful)

Definitions

  1. pain threshold (the lowest intensity of stimulation experienced as painful)

Ancestry of “smärtgräns”, step by step

smärtgräns traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish gräns

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgränsbound, boundary; the border of a territory;...
2GermanGrenzeborder; limit; frontier
3Middle High Germangrenizeborder; frontier
4Old Polishgranicaborder
5Proto-Slavicgrani̋caborder, boundary, limit, a line that separates things or areas

via Swedish smärta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsmärtaa pain, an ache, a suffering; to hurt, to pain
2Middle Low Germansmerte—
Every word from Proto-Slavic grani̋ca →Every word from Old Polish granica →Every word from Middle High German grenize →