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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *selbaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_selbaz</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_selbh" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*selbʰ-</orth>
          <def>one's own</def>
        </item>
      </list>
      <div type="dictionary">
        <entry xml:id="pgmc_selbaz" type="pronoun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/selbaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>selbaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈsel.βɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛊᛖᛚᛒᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>pronoun</pos>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>self</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_selbh"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_selbh">*selbʰ-</ref></mentioned> (‘one's own’), probably from the reflexive pronoun *swé (‘self’). Compared with Venetic [script needed] (sselb-).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#nom">
              <orth>selbaz, selbō, selbą, selbai, selbôz, selbô, selbǭ, selbaniz, selbōniz, selbōnō, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#acc">
              <orth>selbanǭ, selbǭ, selbą, selbanz, selbōz, selbō, selbanų, selbōnų, selbô, selbanunz, selbōnunz, selbōnō, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#gen">
              <orth>selbas, selbaizōz, selbaizǫ̂, selbiniz, selbōniz, selbanǫ̂, selbōnǫ̂, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#dat">
              <orth>selbammai, selbaizōi, selbaimaz, selbini, selbōni, selbammaz, selbōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#instr">
              <orth>selbanō, selbaizō, selbaimiz, selbinē, selbōnē, selbammiz, selbōmiz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
            <list>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old English</lang>
                  <orth>self</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>self, silf, sulf</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>self</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scots</lang>
                      <orth>sel</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old English</lang>
                  <orth>seolf</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>self, silf, sulf</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>self</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scots</lang>
                      <orth>sel</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old English</lang>
                  <orth>sylf</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>self, silf, sulf</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>self</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scots</lang>
                      <orth>sel</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old English</lang>
                  <orth>selfa</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>self, silf, sulf</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>self</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scots</lang>
                      <orth>sel</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                  <orth>self</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>selv, siälv</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>säärm, sälven, sääuwen</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>sels</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                  <orth>selva</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>selv, siälv</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>säärm, sälven, sääuwen</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>sels</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                  <orth>self</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                    <orth>self, sulf</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>German Low German</lang>
                      <orth>sülvst</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Low German</lang>
                      <orth>sulv</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Plautdietsch</lang>
                      <orth>selfst</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                  <orth>selvo</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                    <orth>self, sulf</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>German Low German</lang>
                      <orth>sülvst</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Low German</lang>
                      <orth>sulv</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Plautdietsch</lang>
                      <orth>selfst</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                  <orth>selvo</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>selve</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                      <orth>zèlf</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                  <orth>selvo</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>selve</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>zelf</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                        <orth>self</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old High German</lang>
                  <orth>selb</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                    <orth>sëlb, sëlp</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Bavarian</lang>
                      <orth>söbe, söber</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>German</lang>
                      <orth>selbst, selb, selbe, selber</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                      <orth>selwer</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                      <orth>זעלב (zelb)</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old High German</lang>
                  <orth>selbo</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                    <orth>sëlb, sëlp</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Bavarian</lang>
                      <orth>söbe, söber</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>German</lang>
                      <orth>selbst, selb, selbe, selber</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                      <orth>selwer</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                      <orth>זעלב (zelb)</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sjalfr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Elfdalian</lang>
                    <orth>siuov</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>sjálvur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>sjálfur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                    <orth>sjøl</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>sjølv, sjølv'u, sjålv, sjav'e, sjåv, sjelv</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sjalfr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>sialfær, sialf, siælf, sælf</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Jutish</lang>
                      <orth>sjæl</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scanian</lang>
                      <orth>sælver</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sjalfr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>sialfær, sialf, siælf, sælf</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>selv</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>selv</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sjalfr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>sialver, siælver, sialfr, siælfr</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>själv, sjölv</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>*sealfʀ</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Elfdalian</lang>
                    <orth>siuov</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>sjálvur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>sjálfur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                    <orth>sjøl</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>sjølv, sjølv'u, sjålv, sjav'e, sjåv, sjelv</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>*sealfʀ</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>sialfær, sialf, siælf, sælf</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Jutish</lang>
                      <orth>sjæl</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scanian</lang>
                      <orth>sælver</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>*sealfʀ</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>sialfær, sialf, siælf, sælf</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>selv</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>selv</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>*sealfʀ</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>sialver, siælver, sialfr, siælfr</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>själv, sjölv</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sjálfr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Elfdalian</lang>
                    <orth>siuov</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>sjálvur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>sjálfur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                    <orth>sjøl</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>sjølv, sjølv'u, sjålv, sjav'e, sjåv, sjelv</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sjálfr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>sialfær, sialf, siælf, sælf</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Jutish</lang>
                      <orth>sjæl</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scanian</lang>
                      <orth>sælver</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sjálfr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>sialfær, sialf, siælf, sælf</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>selv</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>selv</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sjálfr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>sialver, siælver, sialfr, siælfr</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>själv, sjölv</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gutnish</lang>
                  <orth>självar</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
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