Where does “seldan” come from?

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

seldan (Old Saxon): seldom

Definitions

  1. seldom

Ancestry of “seldan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicseldana—
2Proto-Germanicseldanēseldom; rarely
3Proto-Germanicseldanazrare, strange
Every word from Proto-Germanic seldanaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic seldanē →Every word from Proto-Germanic seldana →