Old English helfe, hielfe "handle of an axe" or other tool or weapon, from Proto-Germanic *halb- (cognates: Old Saxon helvi, Middle Dutch helf, Old High German halb "handle of an axe," Old High German helmo "tiller"); related to halter and helm (1), from PIE *kelp- "to hold, grasp." In Middle English, to holden the axe bi the helve (c. 1200) meant "to take something by the right end."
中文解释
1. 同源词：helve, helm, halter.2. 他们都表示用于控制某类工具的部件，这个部件是该工具的一部分，他们在具体含义上进行了细分。3. helm, halter => helve.shaft矛柄。haft把柄。helve斧柄。4. hold => halt => halter => helve.5. "that by which something is held".
实用例句
1. The axe go to the wood where it borrow its helve.