helmbarte
(Redirected from halmbarte)
Middle High German edit
Etymology edit
From halm (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”), from *helmô (“handle”) and *bardaz (“broadax”), literally "beard."
Noun edit
helmbarte
- A broad-axe with a handle
Descendants edit
- → Italian: alabarda, labarda
- → Old French: alabarde
- Middle French: hallebarde
- French: hallebarde
- → English: halberd
- Middle French: hallebarde
- → Old French: alabarde
- → Middle Dutch: helmbaerde, hellebaert, hellebarde
- Dutch: hellebaard
References edit
- "helmbarte" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)