helmsman

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Etymology tree English helm English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English helmsman From helm + -s- + man.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: stuurman — person responsible for steering a ship
• Arabic: دمانجي (dmānji) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Armenian: ղեկավար (ġekavar) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Old Armenian: ղեկավար (łekavar) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Assamese: কাণ্ডাৰী (kandari) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Assamese: গুৰিয়াল (gurial) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Assamese: কেৰুৱালি (keruali) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Early Assamese: কাণ্ডাৰ (kaṇḍaro) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Belarusian: шту́рман (štúrman) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Belarusian: рулявы́ (ruljavý) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Belarusian: стырнавы́ (styrnavý) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Belarusian: сты́рнік (stýrnik) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Bulgarian: щу́рман (štúrman) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Bulgarian: рулеви (rulevi) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Bulgarian: кормчи́я (kormčíja) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Catalan: timoner — person responsible for steering a ship
• Chinese Mandarin: 舵手 (duòshǒu) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Cornish: lewydh — person responsible for steering a ship
• Cornish: lewydhes — person responsible for steering a ship
• Czech: kormidelník — person responsible for steering a ship
• Danish: styrmand — person responsible for steering a ship
• Danish: rorgænger — person responsible for steering a ship
• Dutch: stuurman — person responsible for steering a ship
• Dutch: roerganger — person responsible for steering a ship
• Faroese: stýrimaður — person responsible for steering a ship
• Finnish: peränpitäjä — person responsible for steering a ship
• Finnish: ruorimies — person responsible for steering a ship
• Finnish: perämies — person responsible for steering a ship
• French: barreur — person responsible for steering a ship
• French: timonier — person responsible for steering a ship
• Galician: temoneiro — person responsible for steering a ship
• Galician: timoeiro — person responsible for steering a ship
• Galician: rodista — person responsible for steering a ship
• German: Steuermann — person responsible for steering a ship
• German: Rudergänger — person responsible for steering a ship
• Greek: πηδαλιούχος (pidalioúchos) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Ancient Greek: κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Hebrew: הַגַּאִי (hagai) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Hebrew: תּוֹפֵשׂ הֶגֶה (tofes hegeh) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Hungarian: kormányos — person responsible for steering a ship
• Ingrian: perämees — person responsible for steering a ship
• Italian: timoniere — person responsible for steering a ship
• Italian: nocchiero — person responsible for steering a ship
• Italian: nocchiere — person responsible for steering a ship
• Japanese: 舵手 (dashu) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Korean: 키잡이 (kijabi) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Korean: 타수 (tasu) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Latin: gubernātor — person responsible for steering a ship
• Macedonian: ко́рмилар (kórmilar) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Macedonian: кр́мар (kŕmar) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Māori: kaitia — person responsible for steering a ship
• Māori: kaiwhakaue — person responsible for steering a ship
• Māori: kaiurungi — person responsible for steering a ship
• Norman: bârryi — person responsible for steering a ship
• Norwegian Bokmål: styrmann — person responsible for steering a ship
• Polish: sternik — person responsible for steering a ship
• Polish: sterniczka — person responsible for steering a ship
• Portuguese: timoneiro — person responsible for steering a ship
• Romanian: cârmaci — person responsible for steering a ship
• Russian: шту́рман (štúrman) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Russian: рулево́й (rulevój) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Russian: ко́рмчий (kórmčij) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Serbo-Croatian: кр̏ма̄р — person responsible for steering a ship
• Serbo-Croatian: кормѝла̄р — person responsible for steering a ship
• Serbo-Croatian: kȑmār — person responsible for steering a ship
• Serbo-Croatian: kormìlār — person responsible for steering a ship
• Slovak: kormidelník — person responsible for steering a ship
• Slovene: krmar — person responsible for steering a ship
• Spanish: timonel — person responsible for steering a ship
• Spanish: timonero — person responsible for steering a ship
• Swedish: rorsman — person responsible for steering a ship
• Swedish: rorgängare — person responsible for steering a ship
• Tagalog: tagaugit — person responsible for steering a ship
• Turkish: dümenci — person responsible for steering a ship
• Ottoman Turkish: دومنجی (dümenci) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Ukrainian: шту́рман (štúrman) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Ukrainian: рульови́й (rulʹovýj) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Ukrainian: кермови́й (kermovýj) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Ukrainian: стернови́й (sternovýj) — person responsible for steering a ship
• Ukrainian: керма́нич (kermányč) — person responsible for steering a ship