to help + -ere. Cognate with <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Frisian <span class="searchmatch">helpere</span>, <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Saxon helpāri, helperi, <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> High German helfāri. Compare also <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Norse hjalpari, hilpir (“helper”)...
*helpārī m helper <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> <span class="searchmatch">English</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">helpere</span> Middle <span class="searchmatch">English</span>: <span class="searchmatch">helpere</span> <span class="searchmatch">English</span>: helper Scots: helpare, helpar, helper <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Frisian: <span class="searchmatch">helpere</span> Saterland Frisian:...