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שלייקעס
‘suspenders’

שלייקעס
די
שעלקעס
'suspenders'
‎{ᴘᴀʟᴀᴛᴀʟ ʟ /ʎ/]

ETYMOLOGY

{But whence the more eastern form שלייקעס? Polish dialect?]
Polish szelki (since the 16th c.), (dialectal) szolki, a diminutive of szla 'harness'; from Western Slavic ✱šьľa; borrowed from OHG silo 'belt, strap'.

ETYMOLOGY

Polish szelki

CENTRAL

ᶊɛʎkʲɩs {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

šeʎkɩs {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

ᶊlejkʲes {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}