helfan

== Old High German == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną. ==== Alternative forms ==== hëlpan — Central German ==== Verb ==== hëlfan to help [with dative] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle High German: hëlfenCentral Franconian: hellepeCimbrian: hölfanGerman: helfenLuxembourgish: hëllefenYiddish: העלפֿן (helfn) === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *elpand (“elephant, ivory”) ==== Alternative forms ==== helfant ==== Noun ==== helfan elephant ===== Descendants ===== Middle High German: hëlfant, elefant, elfant (relatinisation) Alemannic German: Elifant German: Elefant, Elephant (obsolete)→ Kashubian: élefant→ Lower Sorbian: elefant→ Saterland Frisian: Elefant Luxembourgish: Elefant Vilamovian: elefaont Yiddish: העלפֿאַנד (helfand)