helfant

== Old High German == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== hëlfant third-person plural present indicative of hëlfan === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *elpand (“elephant, ivory”) ==== Alternative forms ==== helfan ==== Noun ==== helfant 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)