Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šelmъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *helm (“helmet”).

Noun

*šelmъ m

1. helmet

Inflection

Accent paradigm b.

Declension of *šelmъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*šelmъ	*šelma	*šelmi
genitive	*šelma	*šelmu	*šelmъ
dative	*šelmu	*šelmoma	*šelmomъ
accusative	*šelmъ	*šelma	*šelmy
instrumental	*šelmъmь, *šelmomь*	*šelmoma	*šelmy
locative	*šelmě	*šelmu	*šelměxъ
vocative	*šelme	*šelma	*šelmi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: шеломъ (šelomŭ)
    • Belarusian: шало́м (šalóm)
    • Russian: шело́м (šelóm) (obsolete)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: шлем (šlem) (Ruthenian)
    • Ukrainian: шолом (šolom)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: шлѣмъ (šlěmŭ)
    • → Russian: шлем (šlem)
  • Bulgarian: шлем (šlem)
  • Macedonian: шлем (šlem)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: шле̏м

    Latin script: šlȅm

  • Slovene: šlẹ̀m (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: szłóm
  • Old Polish: szłom

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шело́м”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шлем”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress