Where does “self-embedding” come from?
self-embedding (English) comes from English embedding, from English embed, from English bed, from Middle English bed, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic badi, from Persian بدی, from Persian بد — to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish.
self-embedding (English): A form of self-harm by inserting foreign objects into tissue or muscle
Definitions
- A form of self-harm by inserting foreign objects into tissue or muscle
Ancestry of “self-embedding”, step by step
self-embedding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English embedding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | embedding | The act or process by which one thing is embedded... |
| 2 | English | embed | To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter;... |
| 3 | English | bed | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on... |
| 4 | Middle English | bed | A place of rest or sleep |
| 5 | Old English | bedd | bed |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | badi | bed |
| 7 | Persian | بدی | badness |
| 8 | Persian | بد | bad; not good; evil; poorly, badly |
| 9 | Middle Persian | 𐭯𐭥𐭭 | to; at; in |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | pati- | against, toward; lord |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *rādi- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Iranian | *rād- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HraHdʰ- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
via English Self
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Self | Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned) |
| 2 | Middle English | salve | Alternative form of sauf |
| 3 | Old English | sealf | salve |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |