Where does “helpen” come from?

helpen (Middle English) comes from Old English helpan, from Proto-West Germanic helpan, from Proto-Germanic helpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- — help.

helpen (Middle English): to help

Definitions

  1. to help

Ancestry of “helpen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhelpanto help
2Proto-West Germanichelpanto help
3Proto-Germanichelpanąto help
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelb-help

Words derived from “helpen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic helpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic helpan →