Etymology

Chełm

Today it means: A number of places in Poland, including Full definition →

Polish Chełm ← Old Polish Chełm ← Proto-Slavic *xъ̃lmъ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kelH-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kl̥Hmos
  3. Proto-Germanic*hulmaz
  4. Proto-Slavic*xъ̃lmъ
  5. Old PolishChełm
  6. PolishChełm
  7. English todayChełm

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Chełm.

Words from the same roots

PolishChełm all →

Chelm

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