Where does “Hilfsklage” come from?

Hilfsklage (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.

Hilfsklage (German): a claim filed as a substitute should the most favoured action (Hauptklage) be bound to fail

Definitions

  1. a claim filed as a substitute should the most favoured action (Hauptklage) be bound to fail

Ancestry of “Hilfsklage”, step by step

Hilfsklage 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 klage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanklageinflection of klagen: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanklage—
3Old High Germanklaga—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic helpaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic hilpiz →