Helm
English
editEtymology 1
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
editHelm
- The only named wind in the British Isles. It blows westward from the Pennine fells over Cumbria and is often accompanied by a line of clouds on top of the hills called the Helm Bar.
- Synonym: Helm Wind
Etymology 2
editTwo main origins:
- English topographic surname for someone who lived by or worked at a temporary shelter for animals, from Middle English helm (“helmet; protection”).
- Borrowed from German Helm (“helmet”), metonymic occupational surname for a maker of helmets.
Proper noun
editHelm (countable and uncountable, plural Helms)
- (countable) A surname.
- (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Helm is the 3087th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11649 individuals. Helm is most common among White (86.39%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Helm”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 160.
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German helm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz. Compare Low German Helm, Dutch helm, English helm, Danish hjelm.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editHelm m (strong, genitive Helmes or Helms, plural Helme)
- helmet
- (architecture) helm roof
- (heraldry) helmet, as shown above a coat of arms
Declension
editDeclension of Helm [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
edithelmet
architecture
Holonyms
edit- (heraldry): Oberwappen
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editarchitecture
heraldry
Further reading
edit- “Helm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Helm” in Duden online
- “Helm” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Helm”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Luxembourgish
editEtymology
editBackformed (perhaps under German influence) from the plural of older Hellem, from Middle High German helm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz.
Cognate with German Helm, Dutch helm, English helm, Icelandic hjálmur.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editHelm m (plural Helmer)
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