Where does “kelpo” come from?

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

kelpo (Finnish): decent, good, fine

Definitions

  1. decent, good, fine

Ancestry of “kelpo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelvatato do, work, suffice
2Proto-Finnickelbat'akto do, to suffice
3Proto-Germanichelpanąto help
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelb-help

Words derived from “kelpo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb-Every word from Proto-Germanic helpanąEvery word from Proto-Finnic kelbat'ak
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