Where does “barmhärtig samarier” come from?

barmhärtig samarier (Swedish) comes from Swedish barmhärtig, from Old Swedish barmhærtogher, from Middle Low German barmhertich, from Middle Low German arm, from Old Saxon arm, from Proto-West Germanic arm, from Proto-Germanic armaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ermos — to fit, to fix, to put together.

barmhärtig samarier (Swedish): the Good Samaritan

Definitions

  1. the Good Samaritan

Ancestry of “barmhärtig samarier”, step by step

barmhärtig samarier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish barmhärtig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbarmhärtigmerciful
2Old Swedishbarmhærtogher—
3Middle Low Germanbarmhertich—
4Middle Low Germanarmpoor
5Old Saxonarmarm; miserable, poor
6Proto-West Germanicarmarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
7Proto-Germanicarmazarm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ermos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Swedish samarier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishsamarierSamaritan (a native or inhabitant of Samaria)
2Swedish-ier-an; making a noun, describing a person by...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ermos →Every word from Proto-Germanic armaz →