Where does “fødselshjælper” come from?

fødselshjælper (Danish) comes from Danish fødsel, from Danish -sel, from Old English -els, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

fødselshjælper (Danish): obstetrician

Definitions

  1. obstetrician

Ancestry of “fødselshjælper”, step by step

fødselshjælper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish fødsel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfødselbirth; delivery
2Danish-selForms nouns from verbs with the sense of "the act...
3Old English-elssuffix creating nouns from verbs
4Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
5Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Danish hjælper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhjælperassistant
2Danish-erForms agent nouns from verbs, with the sense...
3Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from Danish -sel