Where does “sminkning” come from?

sminkning (Swedish) comes from Swedish -ning, from Old Norse -ning.

sminkning (Swedish): makeup the activity of applying cosmetics

Definitions

  1. makeup the activity of applying cosmetics

Ancestry of “sminkning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedish-ningUsed to form nouns from a verb, usually referring...
2Old Norse-ning—
Every word from Old Norse -ning →Every word from Swedish -ning →