Where does “ಧರ್ಮಾರ್ಥ” come from?

ಧರ್ಮಾರ್ಥ (Kannada) comes from Kannada ಅರ್ಥ, from Sanskrit अर्थ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hártʰam, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ert-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

ಧರ್ಮಾರ್ಥ (Kannada): charitable; done for the sake of charity or dharma

Definitions

charitable; done for the sake of charity or dharma

Ancestry of “ಧರ್ಮಾರ್ಥ”, step by step

ಧರ್ಮಾರ್ಥ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kannada ಅರ್ಥ

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Kannada	ಅರ್ಥ	desire; demand
2	Sanskrit	अर्थ	aim, purpose, meaning; advantage; profit
3	Proto-Indo-Iranian	Hártʰam	affair, occurrence; object, thing; purpose
4	Proto-Indo-European	h₁ert-	earth
5	Proto-Indo-European	h₁er-	earth

via Kannada ಧರ್ಮ

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Kannada	ಧರ್ಮ	ordinance, law
2	Sanskrit	धर्म	morality, virtue, moral code, good deed, good...
3	Proto-Indo-Iranian	dʰármas	—
4	Proto-Indo-European	dʰer-	to support; to hold

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ert- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hártʰam →