הילף

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German helfe, hilfe, from Old High German helfa, hilfa, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *helpō, *hilpiz (“help”), from *helpaną (“to help”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelb-, *ḱelp- (“to help”).

Noun

הילף • (hilf) f

1. help, aid

Derived terms

• הילפֿסווערב (hilfsverb, “auxiliary verb”)