selv

See also: selv-

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish sialfær, sælf, from Old Norse sjálfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛl/, [sɛlˀ]

Pronoun

selv

1. self, herself, himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, yourself, yourselves

Adverb

selv

1. even

Etymology 2

From the pronoun selv, after the English self.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛlv/, [sɛlˀv]

Noun

selv n (singular definite selvet, not used in plural form)

1. self (an individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)

See also

• selv on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sjøl

Etymology

From Old Norse sjálfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”).

Pronoun

selv

1. (in the singular) myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself

   also as, for example: ham selv (himself)

2. (in the plural) ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Derived terms

Terms derived from selv

• selvangivelse
• selvantenne
• selvbestemmelse
• selvbetjent
• selvbiografi
• selvdisiplinert
• selvforsvar
• selvfølelse
• selvgod
• selvgående

• selvheftende
• selvhjelp (hjelp til selvhjelp)
• selvkritikk
• selvlært
• selvmord
• selvmotsigende
• selvmål
• selv om
• selvportrett

• selvpublisere
• selvpåført
• selvsikker
• selvskading
• selvstyre
• selvstyrende
• selvstyrt
• selvtillit
• selvundersøkelse

Related terms

• selve

See also

• sjølv (Nynorsk)

References

• “selv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , sylfr, from .

Noun

1. silver