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

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

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