English helpless

← Old English *helplēas (inherited)

← German hilflos (cognate)

← English help (suffix)

← English less (suffix)

← Middle English helples (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *helpōlausaz (inherited)

← Dutch hulpeloos (cognate)

← Swedish hjälplös (cognate)

→ English helplessness (affix)

→ English helplessly (suffix)

→ English helplessdesk (blend)

→ Esperanto senhelpa (calque)