helmbarte
Middle High German
Etymology
From halm (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”), from *helmô (“handle”) and *bardaz (“broadax”), literally "beard."
Noun
helmbarte
- A broad-axe with a handle
Descendants
- → 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
- "helmbarte" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
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