Where does “värktablett” come from?

värktablett (Swedish) comes from Swedish tablett, from French tablette, from Old French tablete, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

värktablett (Swedish): a painkiller

Definitions

  1. a painkiller

Ancestry of “värktablett”, step by step

värktablett traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish tablett

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtabletta tablet or pill
2Frenchtablettetablet; bar
3Old Frenchtabletesmall table; a board to be written on; tablet
4Old French-etévariant of -té
5Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
6Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via Swedish värk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvärkache; continuous, dull pain; labour-pain,...
2Old Swedishværkerache, pain
3Old Norseverkrache, pain
4Proto-Germanicwarkizpain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Old French -etéEvery word from Old French tablete