Where does “helot” come from?

helot (Swedish) comes from Ancient Greek Εἵλωτες, from Ancient Greek ἁλίσκομαι, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

helot (Swedish): helot

Definitions

  1. helot

Ancestry of “helot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΕἵλωτεςnominative plural of Εἵλως; vocative plural of...
2Ancient Greekἁλίσκομαιto be captured
3Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
4Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti →Every word from Ancient Greek -σκω →Every word from Ancient Greek ἁλίσκομαι →