Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/helpaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb- (“help”), *ḱelp-. Cognate with Lithuanian šelpti (“to help, support”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
- to help
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *helpaną (strong class 3)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *helpan
- Old Norse: hjalpa
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰𐌽 (hilpan)
- → Proto-Finnic: *këlbat'ak (see there for further descendants)