Where does “помощник” come from?
помощник (Russian) comes from Russian по́мощь, 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 “помощник”, step by step
Words derived from “помощник”