HELF

From Nordic Names wiki - www.nordicnames.de - All rights reserved.

Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Old Norse 1.2 Gothic 1.3 Old High German 1.4 Old Saxon 1.5 Old Frisian 2 Related names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

hjǫlp = 'help' ^{[1] [2]}

Gothic

hilpan = 'to help' ^[3]

Old High German

helfa = 'help' ^{[1] [4]}
hilfa = 'help' ^[1]
helfan = 'to help' ^[3]

Old Saxon

helpa = 'help' ^[1]

Old Frisian

helpe = 'help' ^[1]

Related names

See Hjǫlp

Combinations

Name Element	Example
FRID	see Helpfrid (German)
RIK	see Hilprich (German)

First Element Forms

Hel- Helf- Help-
Hil- Hilf- Hilp-
Hjálp-

References

1. ↑ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
2. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
3. ↑ Dr. Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsches namenbuch (1856)
4. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)