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

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