Where does “Nothilfe” come from?

Nothilfe (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.

Nothilfe (German): relief, humanitarian aid

Definitions

  1. relief, humanitarian aid

Ancestry of “Nothilfe”, step by step

Nothilfe 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 nōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannōtneed, imminence
2Middle High Germannōt—
3Old High Germannōtcontrol (by violence), compulsion, coercion, extortion
4Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
5Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic helpaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic hilpiz →