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Where does “Selbstentfremdung” come from?

Selbstentfremdung (German) comes from German Entfremdung, from German entfremden, from German fremd, from Middle High German vremde, from Old High German fremidi, from Proto-West Germanic framiþī, from Proto-Germanic framaþiz, from Swedish fram — passed , crossed.

Selbstentfremdung (German): self-alienation, self-estrangement

Definitions

  1. self-alienation, self-estrangement

Ancestry of “Selbstentfremdung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEntfremdungalienation, estrangement; misappropriation
2Germanentfremdento estrange, to alienate
3Germanfremdstrange; foreign; external
4Middle High Germanvremdestranger, foreigner; strange, foreign
5Old High Germanfremidi—
6Proto-West Germanicframiþīforeign, strange
7Proto-Germanicframaþizforeign, alien, strange
8Swedishframforward, in front
9Old Norseframforward, forth
10Proto-Germanicframfrom; by, due to; forth, forward
11Proto-Germanicframazforward, prominent
12Proto-Indo-Europeanprom-forth, forward
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
14Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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