helme

See also: Helme

English

Noun

helme (plural helmes)

Obsolete spelling of helm

Latin

Noun

helme

vocative singular of helmus

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English helma, from Proto-Germanic *helmô.

Alternative forms

helm

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlm(ə)/

Noun

helme (plural helmes)

A tiller or helm.

Descendants

English: helm

References

“helm(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

Noun

helme

Alternative form of helm
- c. 1450-1460, unknown author, Merlin : or, the early history of King Arthur
  The kynge Ban be-gan to laugh vndir his helme.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

helme

Alternative form of halm

Old French

Alternative forms

healme, heaume, hiaume, elme

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin helmus.

Noun

helme oblique singular, m (oblique plural helmes, nominative singular helmes, nominative plural helme)

helmet (protective headguard)

Descendants

Middle French: heaume, helme, elme
- French: heaume
→ Middle English: healme, helm (confluence with Old English helm)
- English: helm
⇒ Old French: helmet (diminutive)
- Middle French: heaumet, armet
  - French: armet
  - → Catalan: elmet
  - Italian: elmetto
  - → Middle English: healmet, helmet (displacing Old English helm)
    - English: helmet
  - → Spanish: elmete

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