Words that come from Proto-Germanic “seldanē”

30 words across 18 languages descend from Proto-Germanic seldanē — including seldom, seldomly, unseldom, seldomness, sjaldan, sjáldan, sjælden, zelden.

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German (5)

English (4)

Middle English (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Old High German (2)

Middle High German (2)

Icelandic (1)

Faroese (1)

Danish (1)

Dutch (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Old English (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Dutch (1)