kõlbama
Estonian
verb
Definitions
- to be suitable, to suffice
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *kelpa- derived from Proto-Germanic *helpaną (help).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*helpaną
Gloss
help
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kelpaamaton Finnish
- kelpaava Finnish
- kelpo Finnish
- kelpuuttaa Finnish
- kelvata Finnish
- Gotthelf German
- Nachhilfe German
- abhelfen German
- aufhelfen German
- behelfen German
- emporhelfen German
- helfen German
- mithelfen German
- verhelfen German
- weiterhelfen German
- *ḱelb- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱelp-, *ḱelb- Proto-Indo-European
- *helpaną Proto-Germanic
- *helpō Proto-Germanic
- hjalpa Old Norse
- *helpan Old High German
- helfan Old High German
- hëlfen Middle High German
- 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *helpan gmw-pro
- kõlblik Estonian
- *kelbat'ak Proto-Finnic
- *kelpa- Proto-Finnic
- helpa Old Frisian