Where does “Soforthilfe” come from?

Soforthilfe (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.

Soforthilfe (German): emergency relief

Definitions

  1. emergency relief

Ancestry of “Soforthilfe”, step by step

Soforthilfe 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 sofort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansofortimmediately, at once
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic helpaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic hilpiz →