bedekken, beschermen, heer, helm, kroon, redden, verbergen
Elm-, -elm, -elma, -em, Helm-, -helm, Helme-, Hilm-, -lom
Vergelijk Eng. helmet ‘helm’, Germ. *helma- ‘helm, bedekken, beschermen’, Got. hilms ‘helm, bedekking’, Mnl. helm ‘helm, bedekking’, Oe. helm ‘helm, bedekking, bescherming, kroon’, Ofri. helm ‘helm, bedekking’, Ohgd. helm ‘helm, bedekking’, Ono. hjalmr ‘helm’, Osa. helm ‘helm, bedekking, beschermer, heer’, Pgm. *helmaz ‘bescherming’, Pie. *kel- ‘bedekken, verbergen, redden’