Where does “inhaltsarm” come from?

inhaltsarm (German) comes from German Inhalt, from German Verzeichnis, from German -nis, from Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

inhaltsarm (German): lacking content or substance

Definitions

  1. lacking content or substance

Ancestry of “inhaltsarm”, step by step

inhaltsarm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Inhalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanInhaltcontent
2GermanVerzeichnisindex; directory
3German-nisA suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or...
4Middle High German-nisse
5Old High German-nissī
6Proto-West Germanic-nassīUsed to form abstract nouns, usually from...
7Proto-Germanic-inassuz-ness
8Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
9Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
10Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
11Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via German Arm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanArman arm; anything that resembles an arm
2GermanLeuchtercandlestick, sconce; candelabra
3German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
4Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
5Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-āriuser
8Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from German -nis