Where does “Facharzt” come from?

Facharzt (German) comes from German Arzt, from Middle High German erze, from Old High German aruzzi, from Proto-Germanic aruts, from Proto-Germanic arud-, from Sumerian ? — copper.

Facharzt (German): medical specialist male or of unspecified gender

Definitions

  1. medical specialist male or of unspecified gender

Ancestry of “Facharzt”, step by step

Facharzt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Arzt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanArztdoctor, physician
2Middle High Germanerze
3Old High Germanaruzzi
4Proto-Germanicarutsore
5Proto-Germanicarud-
6Sumerian?copper

via German fach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfachsecond-person singular imperative of fachen
2Middle High Germanvach-fold
3Old High Germanfahwall
4Proto-Germanic*fak
5Proto-GermanicfakąAn enclosed or defined space; division;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

Words derived from “Facharzt

Every word from Sumerian ?
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