Where does “Starthilfe” come from?

Starthilfe (German) comes from German start, from English Start, from English Stark, from German stark, from Middle High German stark, from Old High German stark, from Proto-Germanic starkuz, from Proto-Germanic sterkaną — rigid, stiff; to love.

Starthilfe (German): jump start

Definitions

  1. jump start

Ancestry of “Starthilfe”, step by step

Starthilfe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German start

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstartsingular imperative of starten
2EnglishStartA typical button for video games, originally used...
3EnglishStarkThe language spoken in the Ender's Game series,...
4Germanstarkstrong; great, brilliant, awesome
5Middle High Germanstark
6Old High Germanstarkstrong
7Proto-Germanicstarkuzstiff; rigid; strong
8Proto-Germanicsterkanąto become stiff, stiffen
9Proto-Indo-Europeansterg-rigid, stiff; to love

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 sterg-Every word from Proto-Germanic sterkanąEvery word from Proto-Germanic starkuz
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