Where does “Hilfeschrei” come from?

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

Hilfeschrei (German): cry for help

Definitions

  1. cry for help

Ancestry of “Hilfeschrei”, step by step

Hilfeschrei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Hilfe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHilfehelp
2Middle High Germanhilfe—
3Old High Germanhilfa—
4Proto-Germanichilpizhelp
5Proto-Germanichelpanąto help
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelb-help

via German schrei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschreisingular imperative of schreien
2Middle High Germanschrei—
3Old High Germanscrei—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic helpaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic hilpiz →