Where does “Hilfszeitwort” come from?

Hilfszeitwort (German) comes from German Zeitwort, from German wôrt, from Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

Hilfszeitwort (German): auxiliary verb

Definitions

  1. auxiliary verb

Ancestry of “Hilfszeitwort”, step by step

Hilfszeitwort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zeitwort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeitwortverb
2Germanwôrtplural word as an isolated unit
3Middle High Germanwortword; verb
4Old High Germanwortword; verb
5Proto-West Germanicwordword
6Proto-Germanicwurdąword
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via German Hilfe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHilfehelp
2Middle High Germanhilfe—
3Old High Germanhilfa—
4Proto-Germanichilpizhelp
5Proto-Germanichelpanąto help
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelb-help
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą →