Where does “barmhärtighetsmord” come from?
barmhärtighetsmord (Swedish) comes from Swedish barmhärtighet, 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 — to fit, to fix, to put together.
barmhärtighetsmord (Swedish): mercy killing
Definitions
- mercy killing
Ancestry of “barmhärtighetsmord”, step by step
barmhärtighetsmord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish barmhärtighet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | barmhärtighet | kindness, mercy |
| 2 | Swedish | barmhärtig | merciful |
| 3 | Old Swedish | barmhærtogher | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | barmhertich | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | arm | poor |
| 6 | Old Saxon | arm | arm; miserable, poor |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | arm | arm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | armaz | arm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ermos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |