< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/helmō
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *helmô; equivalent to *helan + *-mō.
Noun
*helmō m
- handle, helm (on a boat)
Inflection
Masculine an-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *helmō | |
Genitive | *helmini, *helman | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *helmō | *helman |
Accusative | *helman | *helman |
Genitive | *helmini, *helman | *helmanō |
Dative | *helmini, *helman | *helmum |
Instrumental | *helmini, *helman | *helmum |
Descendants
- Old English: helma
- Middle English: halm
- English: helm
- Middle English: halm
- Old Saxon: *helma
- Middle Low German: helm; holm (-o- from -a-? or from a zero-grade?)
- → German: Holm
- Middle Low German: helm; holm (-o- from -a-? or from a zero-grade?)
- Old Dutch: *helma
- Middle Dutch: helm
- Dutch: helm
- Middle Dutch: helm
- Old High German: halme
- Middle High German: halme, halm, helm
- German: Helm (dialectal)
- Middle High German: halme, halm, helm