Where does “Hilfe” come from?

Hilfe (German) comes from Middle High German hilfe, from Old High German hilfa, from Proto-Germanic hilpiz, from Proto-Germanic helpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- — help.

Hilfe (German): help

Definitions

  1. help

Ancestry of “Hilfe”, step by step

Hilfe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German hilfe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhilfe
2Old High Germanhilfa
3Proto-Germanichilpizhelp
4Proto-Germanichelpanąto help
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelb-help

via Middle High German helfe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhelfe
2Old High Germanhelfa
3Proto-Germanichelpōhelp, aid, assistance

Words derived from “Hilfe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb-
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