Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *helmôScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_helmô
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σκαλμός*ḱélh₂-mशर्मन्shelter, protection
nounmasculinean-stemhandle, especially for steering a boat: helm, tillerrudderUsually thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *ḱél-mō, earlier *ḱél-mn̥, from the root *ḱel- (‘to cover’); equivalent to *helaną + *-mô. Cognate with Sanskrit शर्मन् (śárman, ‘shelter, protection’). However, the semantic connection is weak.An alternative theory by Kroonen links *halmaz and *helmaz (‘haulm, straw, stalk, cane’), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱélh₂-m (on)-, assuming the original meaning of *helmô was closer to “cane” and referred just to the shaft of a handle implement.Per Vasmer related to Russian чёлн (čoln) < Proto-Slavic *čьlnъ, Ancient Greek σκαλμός (skalmós).Note the presence of *(s)- in the related synonyms.