шлѣмъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *šelmъ, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz, showing the effects of the first palatalization x to š before e. Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 (hilms).

Noun

шлѣмъ • (šlěmŭ) m

1. helmet

Descendants

• Bulgarian: шлем (šlem)
• Lithuanian: šalmas
• Russian: шлем (šlem)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: шлем, шљем

  Roman: šlem, šljem

• Ukrainian: шлем (šlem), шлемо (šlemo), шолом (šolom)

References

• “шлѣмъ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024
• Janyšková, Ilona, editor (2012), “šlěmъ”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 16 (sьde – trъtъ), Brno: Tribun EU, →ISBN, page 943