Where does “selden” come from?

selden (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch seldan, from Proto-Germanic seldana, from Proto-Germanic seldanē, from Proto-Germanic seldanaz — rare, strange.

Ancestry of “selden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchseldan—
2Proto-Germanicseldana—
3Proto-Germanicseldanēseldom; rarely
4Proto-Germanicseldanazrare, strange

Words derived from “selden”

Every word from Proto-Germanic seldanaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic seldanē →Every word from Proto-Germanic seldana →
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