helpen
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to help, to aid, to assist
- to be helpful, to be beneficial
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch helpan 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
- aanhelpen Dutch, Flemish
- afhelpen Dutch, Flemish
- behelpen Dutch, Flemish
- bijhelpen Dutch, Flemish
- doorhelpen Dutch, Flemish
- helpen Dutch, Flemish
- helper Dutch, Flemish
- meehelpen Dutch, Flemish
- onthelpen Dutch, Flemish
- ophelpen Dutch, Flemish
- terechthelpen Dutch, Flemish
- uithelpen Dutch, Flemish
- verhelpen Dutch, Flemish
- voorthelpen Dutch, Flemish
- vooruithelpen Dutch, Flemish
- weghelpen Dutch, Flemish
- *ḱelb- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱelp-, *ḱelb- Proto-Indo-European
- *helpaną Proto-Germanic
- *helpō Proto-Germanic
- helpan Old English
- hjalpa Old Norse
- *helpan Old High German
- helfan Old High German
- help Afrikaans
- helfen Middle High German
- 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *helpan gmw-pro
- helpan Old Dutch
- *kelpa- Proto-Finnic
- helpan Old Saxon
- helpa Old Frisian