Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/helmaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
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Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kelmo-s (“to cover, to hide”); compare *ḱel- (“to hide, protect”).[1] Cognate to Proto-Germanic *helaną, Latin clam, Latin celo.
Pronunciation
Noun
*helmaz m
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *helmaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *helmaz | *helmōz, *helmōs | |
vocative | *helm | *helmōz, *helmōs | |
accusative | *helmą | *helmanz | |
genitive | *helmas, *hilmis | *helmǫ̂ | |
dative | *hilmai | *helmamaz | |
instrumental | *helmō | *helmamiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: helm
- Old Frisian: helm
- Old Saxon: helm
- Frankish: *helm
- Old High German: helm
- Old Norse: hjalmr
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 (hilms)
- → Proto-Slavic: *šelmъ (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Helm”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN