Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “ḱelb-”

178 words across 42 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- — 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)

Proto-Germanic (6)

Icelandic (5)

Yiddish (5)

Old Norse (5)

Danish (4)

Middle High German (4)

Esperanto (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Old High German (3)

Faroese (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Saterland Frisian (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Old English (3)

Middle English (3)

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)

Words from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- — 178 descendants | Etymology Explorer