Etymology

holp

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Middle English holp ← Old English healp ← Proto-Germanic *halp
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*halp
  2. Old English · inherited fromhealp
  3. Middle English · inherited fromholp
  4. English todayholp

From Middle English holp (first and third person singular past indicative of helpen (“to help”)), from Old English healp (same form of helpan (“to help”)), from Proto-Germanic *halp (same form of *helpaną (“to help”)). Cognate with German half, Middle Dutch holp (in modern Dutch replaced with hielp). More at help.

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