Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Action given to provide assistance; aid. · Something or someone which provides assistance with a task. · Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer. · A study aid.
From Middle English help, from Old English help (“help, aid, assistance, relief”), from Proto-Germanic *helpō (“help”), *hilpiz, *hulpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälpe (“help”), West Frisian help (“help”), Cimbrian hölfe (“help”), Dutch hulp (“help”), German Hilfe (“help, aid, assistance”), Luxembourgish Hëllef (“help”), Mòcheno hilf (“help”), Vilamovian hyłf (“help”), Yiddish הילף (hilf, “help”), Danish hjælp (“help”), Faroese and Icelandic hjálp (“help”), Norwegian Bokmål hjelp (“help”), Norwegian Nynorsk hjelp, hjølp (“help”), Swedish hjälp (“help”).
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- Inherited-form mentionhelpenm
- Inherited-form mentionhelpang · help, aid, assistance, relief
- Inherited-form mention*helpōgem-pro · help
- Derivation mention*ḱelb-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionHälpestq · help
- Cognate mentionhelpfy · help
- Cognate mentionhölfecim · help
- Cognate mentionhulpnl · help
- Cognate mentionHilfede · help, aid, assistance
- Cognate mentionHëlleflb · help
- Cognate mentionhilfmhn · help
- Cognate mentionhyłfwym · help
- Cognate mentionהילףyi · help
- Cognate mentionhjælpda · help
- Cognate mentionhjelpnb · help
- Cognate mentionhjelpnn
- Cognate mentionhjälpsv · help
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