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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/helm
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *helmaz.
Noun
*helm m
- helmet
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *helm | |
Genitive | *helmas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *helm | *helmō, *helmōs |
Accusative | *helm | *helmā |
Genitive | *helmas | *helmō |
Dative | *helmē | *helmum |
Instrumental | *helmu | *helmum |
Descendants
- Old English: helm
- Middle English: helm
- English: helm
- Middle English: helm
- Old Frisian: helm
- Saterland Frisian: Hälm
- West Frisian: helm
- Old Saxon: helm
- Middle Low German: helm
- Low German: Helm
- Middle Low German: helm
- Old Dutch: helm
- Middle Dutch: helm
- Dutch: helm
- Middle Dutch: helm
- Old High German: helm
- Middle High German: helm
- German: Helm
- Polish: hełm
- Luxembourgish: Helm
- German: Helm
- Middle High German: helm
- → Latin: helmus [867 CE, France] (see there for further descendants)