Words that come from Proto-Germanic “helpaną”

175 words across 42 languages descend from Proto-Germanic helpaną — including help, helping, helpful, helpless, helplessness, helplessly, unhelpful, helpfulness.

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English (30)

German (25)

Finnish (12)

Dutch (11)

Swedish (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Icelandic (5)

Yiddish (5)

Old Norse (5)

Danish (4)

Middle High German (4)

Esperanto (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Old High German (3)

Faroese (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Saterland Frisian (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Old English (3)

Middle English (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Proto-Finnic (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Low German (2)

North Frisian (2)

Latin (2)

Estonian (2)

Gothic (2)

Afrikaans (1)

Welsh (1)

Middle Low German (1)

West Frisian (1)

Mòcheno (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Frankish (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Kriol (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)