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Where does “seldan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “seldan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “seldan”

  • zelden
  • selden
  • selde
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