Where does “Ersthelfer” come from?
Ersthelfer (German) comes from German Erste, from German Erster, from German erster, from German erste, from Old High German ērist, from Old High German ēr, from Proto-West Germanic iʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz — you (plural).
Ersthelfer (German): first-aider, first responder
Definitions
- first-aider, first responder
Ancestry of “Ersthelfer”, step by step
Ersthelfer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Erste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erste | female equivalent of Erster; inflection of... |
| 2 | German | Erster | winner; inflection of Erste: ## strong... |
| 3 | German | erster | inflection of erste: ## strong/mixed nominative... |
| 4 | German | erste | first |
| 5 | Old High German | ērist | earliest |
| 6 | Old High German | ēr | ore; brass; formerly, previously; early |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | iʀ | he, it |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | jīz | Alternative form of *jūz |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | you (plural) |