self-

See also: self, Self, šelf, -self, and self.

English

Etymology

From Middle English self-, silf-, seolf-, from Old English self-, sylf-, seolf-, from Proto-Germanic *selba-, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz (“self”). Cognate with Dutch zelf-, German selbst-, Swedish själv-, Icelandic sjálf-. More at self.

Prefix

self-

1. of, by, in or with oneself or itself
2. automatic

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with self-

• self-adjointness
• self-centeredness
• self-confidently
• self-consciously
• self-drilling screw
• self-fulfilling prophecy
• self-injured
• self-injures
• self-injuring
• self-raising flour
• self-referential meaning
• self-tapping screw

 

Translations

of, by, in or with oneself or itself

• Bashkir: үҙ- (üź-)
• Catalan: auto- (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自相 (zh) (zìxiāng), 自己 (zh) (zìjǐ), 自 (zh) (zì)

• Czech: sebe- (cs), své-
• Finnish: itse-
• French: auto- (fr)
• Galician: auto- (gl)
• Georgian: თვით- (tvit-)
• German: selbst-, auto- (de)
• Greek: αυτο- (el) (afto-), αυτό- (aftó-)
• Hebrew: עצמי (atzmí)
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• Hungarian: ön-
• Indonesian: swa-
• Irish: féin-
• Italian: auto- (it)
• Japanese: 自己 (ja) (じこ, jiko), 自 (ja) (じ, ji)
• Malay: swa- (ms)
• Maori: kiriaro
• Polish: samo- (pl)
• Portuguese: auto- (pt)
• Russian: само- (ru) (samo-), себе- (sebe-), авто- (ru) (avto-)
• Scottish Gaelic: fèin-
• Spanish: auto- (es)

Anagrams

• FLES, LSFE, elfs

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Old English

Alternative forms

• seolf-, sylf-

Etymology

From pronoun self, seolf (“self”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈself/, [ˈseɫf]

Prefix

self-

1. self, oneself

   selfbana ― killer of oneself

   selfcwalu ― self-slaughter, suicide

   selfǣta ― cannibal

2. own, one's own

   selfdōm ― independence

Derived terms

Old English terms prefixed with self-

Descendants

• Middle English: self-, sylf-, seolf-
  • English: self-