Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *selbaz.

Pronoun edit

selvo

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

Descendants edit

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

Further reading edit

  • self”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronoun edit

selvo

  1. self