sjalfr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• sjalfr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *selbaz, whence also Old English self, seolf, Old Frisian self, Old Saxon self, Old High German selb, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”).

Pronoun

sjalfr

1. self

Descendants

• Danish: selv
• Faroese: sjálvur
• Icelandic: sjálfur
• Norwegian Bokmål: selv, sjøl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjølv
• Swedish: själv
  • Finland-Swedish: sjölv