helfan
Old High German
verb
Definitions
- to help
Etymology
Inherited from *helpan inherited 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
- helfen German
- *ḱelb- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱelp-, *ḱelb- Proto-Indo-European
- hjelpe Norwegian Bokmål
- *helpaną Proto-Germanic
- *helpō Proto-Germanic
- hjelpa Norwegian Nynorsk
- helpan Old English
- hjalpa Old Norse
- hjælpe Danish
- hjálpa Icelandic
- *helpan Old High German
- hjálpa Faroese
- helfen Middle High German
- hëlfen Middle High German
- hëllefen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- העלפֿן Yiddish
- *helpan gmw-pro
- helpan Old Dutch
- *kelpa- Proto-Finnic
- helpan Old Saxon
- hiælpa Old Swedish
- hjalp Westrobothnian
- helpa Old Frisian