helme

See also: Helme

Latin

Noun

helme

vocative singular of helmus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English helma, from Proto-Germanic *helmô.

Alternative forms

helm

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlm(ə)/

Noun

helme (plural helmes)

A tiller or helm.

Descendants

English: helm

References

“helm(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

Etymology 2

From Old English helm.

Noun

helme

Alternative form of helm
- c. 1450-1460, unknown author, Merlin : or, the early history of King Arthur
  The kynge Ban be-gan to laugh vndir his helme.

Noun

helme

Alternative form of halm

Old French

Alternative forms

healme, heaume, hiaume, elme

Etymology

From Medieval Latin helmus (“helmet”).

Noun

helme m (oblique plural helmes, nominative singular helmes, nominative plural helme)

helmet (protective headguard)

Descendants

Middle French: heaume, helme, elme
- French: heaume
→ Middle English: healme, helm (confluence with Old English helm)
- English: helm
⇒ Old French: helmet (diminutive)
- Middle French: heaumet, armet
  - French: armet
  - → Catalan: elmet
  - Italian: elmetto
  - → Middle English: healmet, helmet (displacing Old English helm)
    - English: helmet
  - → Spanish: elmete

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