helma.
skirt, base, lap (part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist)
Meaning & usage
skirt, base, lap (part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist)
hem (border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying)
care (chiefly in the locative cases)
luonnon helmassa
äitinsä helmoissa
valance (short, decorative edging of cloth that conceals the underside of a bed, couch or other piece of furniture)
sill, rocker
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *hëlma (compare Estonian hõlm), possibly borrowed either from Baltic (compare Lithuanian šelmuo (“ridge (of a roof)”)) or from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”) (compare Old English helm (“helmet, protection, covering”)).
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