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Where does “self-helpy” come from?

self-helpy (English) comes from English self-help, from English self-, from Middle English self-, from Old English seolf-, from Old English self-, from Old English self, from Proto-West Germanic *selb, from Proto-Germanic selbaz — self.

self-helpy (English): Reminiscent of self-help books and other...

Definitions

  1. Reminiscent of self-help books and other...

Ancestry of “self-helpy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishself-helpThe practice of bettering oneself without relying...
2Englishself-of, by, in or with oneself or itself; automatic
3Middle Englishself-—
4Old Englishseolf-Alternative form of self-
5Old Englishself-self, oneself; own, one's own
6Old Englishselfself
7Proto-West Germanic*selb—
8Proto-Germanicselbazself
9Proto-Indo-Europeanselbʰ-one's own
10Proto-Indo-Europeans(w)e-separate, apart; separate; apart; oneself; one's...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
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