*helmaz

Runic: ᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxel.mɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

helmet

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelmos (‘covering’), from the root *ḱel- (‘to cover, hide, protect’).

Cognate to Proto-Germanic *helaną, Latin clam, Latin celo.

*helm (Proto-West Germanic)
- helmus (Latin)
- *šelmъ (Proto-Slavic)
*helm (Proto-West Germanic)
- helm (Old Dutch)
  - helm (Middle Dutch)
    - helm (Dutch)
      - helm (Afrikaans)
*helm (Proto-West Germanic)
- helm (Old English)
  - helm (Middle English)
    - helm (English)
*helm (Proto-West Germanic)
- helm (Old Frisian)
  - Hälm (Saterland Frisian)
  - helm (West Frisian)
*helm (Proto-West Germanic)
- helm, halm (Old High German)
  - helm (Middle High German)
    - Helm (Luxembourgish)
*helm (Proto-West Germanic)
- helm, halm (Old High German)
  - helm (Middle High German)
    - Helm (German)
      - hełm (Polish)
*helm (Proto-West Germanic)
- helm (Old Saxon)
  - helm (Middle Low German)
    - Helm (Low German)
hjalmr (Old Norse)
- hjálmur (Faroese)
- hjálmur (Icelandic)
- hjelm, hjalm, kjålm, kjelm, sjælm (Norwegian Nynorsk)
hjalmr (Old Norse)
- hjelm (Danish)
  - hjelm (Norwegian Bokmål)
hjalmr (Old Norse)
- hiælmber (Old Swedish)
  - hjälm (Swedish)
𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 (hilms) (Gothic)
*hëlma (Proto-Finnic)