silf
Middle English
noun
Definitions
- (alternative form of) self
Etymology
Inherited from Old English self (self) inherited from Proto-Germanic *selbaz (self) derived from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (one's own), *s(w)e- (separate, apart).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*s(w)e-
Gloss
separate, apart
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Cognates and derived terms
- selbst German
- *s(w)e- Proto-Indo-European
- *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
- self 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
- self Old Frisian