Where does “selten” come from?

selten (Middle High German) comes from Old High German seltan, from Proto-Germanic seldana, from Proto-Germanic seldanē, from Proto-Germanic seldanaz — rare, strange.

Ancestry of “selten”, step by step

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

Words derived from “selten”

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