self
Middle English
/ˈsɛlf/
adj
Definitions
- (the) (very/self) same, (the) aforementioned
- very
- (+genitive) own
Etymology
Inherited from Old English self (self) inherited from Proto-Germanic *selbaz (self).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*selbaz
Gloss
self
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiself English
- coself English
- cyberself English
- ego-self English
- eirself English
- hirself English
- nonself English
- notself English
- self English
- self-abasement English
- self-deportation English
- self-deportations English
- self-feed English
- self-management English
- selfdom English
- selfed English
- selfheal English
- selfhood English
- selfie English
- selfing English
- selfish English
- selfism English
- selfist English
- selfless English
- selflike English
- selfline English
- selfly English
- selfname English
- selfness English
- selfsame English
- selfship English
- selfsome English
- selfward English
- selfwards English
- selvage English
- silf English
- technoself English
- theirself English
- underself English
- unself English
- y'allself English
- selbst German
- *selbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *selbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *selba- Proto-Germanic
- *selbaz Proto-Germanic
- self Old English
- selflic Old English
- selfæta Old English
- seolf Old English
- silf Middle English
- sjalfr Old Norse
- sjálfr Old Norse
- selb Old High German
- 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 Gothic
- self Old Dutch
- selvo Old Dutch
- self Old Saxon
- selvo Old Saxon
- 셀카 Korean
- 셀프 디스 Korean
- sel Scots
- self Old Frisian
- srefi Sranan Tongo