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

Definitions

  1. to drink excessively

Ancestry of “шљемати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschlemmento debauch, feast
2Middle High Germanslammen—
3Middle High Germanslampen—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)lembʰ-to hang limply; to hang loosely, hang limply
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)lembʰ- →Every word from Middle High German slampen →Every word from Middle High German slammen →