Where does “smärtstillande” come from?

smärtstillande (Swedish) comes from Swedish smärta, from Middle Low German smerte.

smärtstillande (Swedish): painkilling

Definitions

  1. painkilling

Ancestry of “smärtstillande”, step by step

smärtstillande traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish smärta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsmärtaa pain, an ache, a suffering; to hurt, to pain
2Middle Low Germansmerte—

via Swedish stillande

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstillande—
Every word from Middle Low German smerte →Every word from Swedish smärta →