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Where does “kelpaamaton” come from?

kelpaamaton (Finnish) comes from Finnish kelvata, from Proto-Finnic kelbat'ak, from Proto-Germanic helpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- — help.

kelpaamaton (Finnish): Negative participle of kelvata

Definitions

  1. Negative participle of kelvata

Ancestry of “kelpaamaton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelvatato do, work, suffice
2Proto-Finnickelbat'ak—
3Proto-Germanichelpanąto help
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelb-help
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- →