Proto-Mongolian: *silbe-, *silmo
Meaning: 1 to behave indecently, glance around 2 devil
Russian meaning: 1 вести себя непристойно 2 демон, черт
Written Mongolian: sil(i)belǯi- 1, silmusu 2 (L 707)
Middle Mongolian: silmosun 2 (HY)
Khalkha: šilbelʒ- 1, šulmas 2
Buriat: šolmos 2
Kalmuck: šilwɛ̄- 1, šulm 2
Comments: KW 357, 367. The variant simnu(s) 'devil' is borrowed from OUygh. šmnu, Sogd. šmnū; but the -l- in silmu-su is quite unexplainable and must reflect a merger with an original root.
