zelf

Dutch (Brabantic)

/zɛlf/

adverb
Definitions
  • (intensifier) oneself, referring to the subject of a sentence: myself, yourself, itself, ourselves, themselves etc.
  • oneself, by oneself, alone

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch self inherited from Old Dutch self inherited from Proto-Germanic *selbaz (self) derived from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (one's own).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*selbʰ-

Gloss

one's own

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