Where does “smärttröskel” come from?
smärttröskel (Swedish) comes from Swedish tröskel, from Old Swedish þriskulde, from Old Norse þreskǫldr, from Proto-Germanic þreskwaþluz, from Proto-Germanic þreskaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
Ancestry of “smärttröskel”, step by step
smärttröskel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.