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*-asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ. ** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
→⇒? Proto-Finnic: *sulhainën (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “слуга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “слуга”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 117
“slauga”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė , 2007–2012
References
^ Matasović, Ranko (2010) “Some Celto-Slavic etymologies”, in Studia Celto-Slavica, volume 3, page 16: “5. PCelt. *slowgo- ‘troop, army’”