Where does “помощь” come from?

помощь (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic pomoťь, from Proto-Slavic moťь, from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis, from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- — to be able.

помощь (Old Church Slavonic): help

Definitions

  1. help

Ancestry of “помощь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpomoťьhelp
2Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

Words derived from “помощь”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis →Every word from Proto-Slavic moťь →