Where does “helpa” come from?

helpa (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic helpan, from Proto-Germanic helpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- — help.

helpa (Old Frisian): to help

Definitions

  1. to help

Ancestry of “helpa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “helpa”

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