Where does “godhetsknarkare” come from?

godhetsknarkare (Swedish) comes from Swedish godhet, from Swedish het, from Old Swedish hēter, from Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic haitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- — to heat.

godhetsknarkare (Swedish): a person who enjoys doing things considered good or virtuous (by many), especially when motivated by selfish desires like self-promotion, like a virtue signaler

Definitions

  1. a person who enjoys doing things considered good or virtuous (by many), especially when motivated by selfish desires like self-promotion, like a virtue signaler

Ancestry of “godhetsknarkare”, step by step

godhetsknarkare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish godhet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgodhetgoodness, kindness
2Swedishhethot; having a very high temperature; hot;...
3Old Swedishhēterhot
4Old Norseheitrhot
5Proto-Germanichaitazhot
6Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

via Swedish knarkare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishknarkarea drug addict; a junkie
2Swedish-areRegular construction of comparative: ful →...
3Old Swedish-area suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria
4Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *keHy-Every word from Proto-Germanic haitazEvery word from Old Norse heitr