barmhjertig.
merciful, charitable, compassionate
Meaning & usage
merciful, charitable, compassionate
Where this word comes from
From Middle Low German barmhertich, originally a compound of arm (“poor”) + hert (“heart”) + -ich, from Proto-West Germanic *arm + *hertā + *-g, like German barmherzig, from Old High German armherz. In both branches of German, we have b- from the verb vorbarmen, erbarmen (“have mercy”) (hence Danish forbarme). The adjective is a calque of Latin misericors, possibly under the influence of Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍃 (armahairts).
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