helm
Middle English
/hɛlm/
noun
Definitions
- A helmet; a piece of armoured headgear.
- (figurative) Any kind of protection or safeguarding.
- (figurative) A soldier; a fighting-man.
- (rare) The crown of thorns that Jesus wore.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English helm (helmet, protection, covering) inherited from *helm inherited from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (protective covering, helmet).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*helmaz
Gloss
protective covering, helmet
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autohelm English
- behelm English
- dishelm English
- helm English
- helmage English
- helmer English
- helmet English
- helmless English
- helmsman English
- helmsperson English
- helmswoman English
- unhelm English
- uphelm English
- elmo Italian
- *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European
- *helmaz Proto-Germanic
- *helmô Proto-Germanic
- cynehelm Old English
- grimhelm Old English
- helm Old English
- helma Old English
- wuldorhelm Old English
- Ælfhelm Old English
- halm Middle English
- healm Middle English
- helme Middle English
- helmen Middle English
- helmes Middle English
- helmet Middle English
- hjalmr Old Norse
- *šelmъ Proto-Slavic
- helmet Old French
- helm Old High German
- 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 Gothic
- *helm gmw-pro
- *helm Old Dutch
- *helma Proto-Finnic
- *helm Frankish