Where does “armonistuin” come from?

armonistuin (Finnish) comes from Finnish armo, from Proto-Finnic armo, from Proto-Germanic armaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ermos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

armonistuin (Finnish): mercy seat

Definitions

  1. mercy seat

Ancestry of “armonistuin”, step by step

armonistuin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish armo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisharmograce; mercy
2Proto-Finnicarmomercy, pity; love
3Proto-Germanicarmazarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ermos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Finnish istuin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishistuinseat; First-person singular indicative past form...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ermos →Every word from Proto-Germanic armaz →