Where does “шљемати” come from?
шљемати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German schlemmen, from Middle High German slammen, from Middle High German slampen, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lembʰ- — to hang limply; to hang loosely, hang limply.
шљемати (Serbo-Croatian): to drink excessively
Ancestry of “шљемати”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | schlemmen | to debauch, feast |
| 2 | Middle High German | slammen | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | slampen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)lembʰ- | to hang limply; to hang loosely, hang limply |