Where does “по́мощь” come from?
по́мощь (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic помощь, from Proto-Slavic pomoťь, from Proto-Slavic moťь, from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis, from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-.
Ancestry of “по́мощь”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | помощь | help |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | pomoťь | help |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | — |
Words derived from “по́мощь”