Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šelmъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic *helmaz.

Noun

*šelmъ m

helmet

Inflection

Accent paradigm b.

Declension of *šelmъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*šelmъ	*šelma	*šelmi
Accusative	*šelmъ	*šelma	*šelmy
Genitive	*šelma	*šelmu	*šelmъ
Locative	*šelmě	*šelmu	*šelměxъ
Dative	*šelmu	*šelmoma	*šelmomъ
Instrumental	šelmъmь, šelmomь^*	*šelmoma	*šelmy
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)
  - Ukrainian: шолом (šolom)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: шлѣмъ (šlěmŭ)
  - → Russian: шлем (šlem)
- Bulgarian: шлем (šlem)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: шле̏м
  
  Latin: šlȅm

West Slavic:
- Old Polish: szłom

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “шело́м”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “шлем”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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