Where does “כשלעצמו” come from?

כשלעצמו (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew של־, from Hebrew שֶׁ־ — that, which.

כשלעצמו (Hebrew): per se, by itself

Definitions

  1. per se, by itself

Ancestry of “כשלעצמו”, step by step

כשלעצמו traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew של־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewשל־not used predicatively
2Hebrewשֶׁ־that, which

via Hebrew כ־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewכ־Like, as; About, approximately
Every word from Hebrew שֶׁ־ →Every word from Hebrew של־ →