helme

See also: Helme

English

Noun

helme (plural helmes)

1. Obsolete spelling of helm.

Latin

Noun

helme

1. 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)

1. 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.

Etymology 2

Noun

helme

1. 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)

Etymology 3

Noun

helme

1. 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)

1. 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