helmbarte

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