selvo

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *selbaz.

Pronoun

selvo

  1. self
    • The Wachtendonck Codex, Psalm 65, circa 950
      Ne uuerthint irhauan an sig seluan
      Not may be exalted in themselves

Descendants
  • Middle Dutch: selve
    • Dutch: zelf
    • Limburgish: zèlf

Further reading
  • “self”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *selbaz, whence also Old High German selb, Old Norse sjalfr.

Pronoun

selvo

  1. self
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