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Helmes
Helmes comes from German Helm ‘helmet’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *helmaz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*helmaz‘helmet’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*helmreconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050hëlm‘helmet’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
- Germanc. 1650–presentHelmas Helmes‘helmet’
- EnglishtodayHelmes
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*helmaz‘helmet’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*helmreconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050hëlm‘helmet’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
- Germanc. 1650–presentHelmas Helmes‘helmet’
- EnglishtodayHelmes
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‘to cover’
color, hall, hole, cell, hell, holder, ceiling, hull, hollow, halt, holden, conceal, uphold, occult, sari, clandestine, sala, cilia, recline, declination, declension, tricolour, holing, haugh, halberd, seel, hele, 39 more
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *helmaz / Helmes