helpan

== Esperanto == === Adjective === helpan accusative singular of helpa == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną. === Verb === helpan to help, to assist [with dative] ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: helpenDutch: helpenAfrikaans: helpBerbice Creole Dutch: helpuJavindo: helpenJersey Dutch: hälpeNegerhollands: helpSkepi Creole Dutch: halp→ Caribbean Javanese: hèlep, ngèlepLimburgish: hèlpe ==== Further reading ==== “helpan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxel.pɑn/, [ˈheɫ.pɑn] === Verb === helpan to help [with dative; or with genitive] 11th century, note from a copyist at the end of Ælfric's De Temporibus Anni c. 992, Ælfric, The Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== āhelpan ġehelpan helpend tōhelpan ==== Related terms ==== help helpe ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: helpen, help, elp, helpi, healpe, heolpe, halpen, hælpanEnglish: helpScots: helpYola: help == Old High German == === Verb === hëlpan (Central German) alternative form of hëlfan == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *helpan, from Proto-Germanic *helpaną. === Verb === helpan to help ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: helpenLow German: helpenGerman Low German: helpen, hölpen, hülpen