Where does “selvmodsigelse” come from?
selvmodsigelse (Danish) comes from Danish modsigelse, from Danish -else, from Danish -ilse, from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
selvmodsigelse (Danish): contradiction, statement that contradicts itself
Definitions
- contradiction, statement that contradicts itself
Ancestry of “selvmodsigelse”, step by step
selvmodsigelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish modsigelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | modsigelse | contradiction, act of contradicting |
| 2 | Danish | -else | added to a verb to form a noun for an action or... |
| 3 | Danish | -ilse | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | -isli | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -islī | Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Danish selv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | selv | self, -self; even; self |
| 2 | English | Self | Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned) |
| 3 | Middle English | salve | Alternative form of sauf |
| 4 | Old English | sealf | salve |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |