*seldanē

Runic: ᛊᛖᛚᛞᚨᚾᛖ Pronunciation: /ˈsel.dɑ.nɛː/

adverb

Meanings

seldom, rarely

Etymology

From unattested *seldaz (‘rare’) + *-anē.

Descendants

  • *seldanā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *seldan (Old Dutch)
      • selden (Middle Dutch)
        • zelden (Dutch)
          • selde (Afrikaans)
          • selden (Negerhollands)
  • *seldanā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • seldan, seldum (Old English)
      • selden, seilden, seldom (Middle English)
        • seldom (English)
        • seld, seldin, seendil (Scots)
  • *seldanā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sielden (Old Frisian)
      • säilden (Saterland Frisian)
      • komselden (West Frisian)
  • *seldanā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • seltan, *seldan (Old High German)
      • selten, selden (Middle High German)
        • selte (Alemannic German)
        • säle, seale, selle, selde (Central Franconian)
        • selten (German)
        • sielen (Luxembourgish)
        • זעלטן (zeltn) (Yiddish)
  • *seldanā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • seldan (Old Saxon)
      • selden (Middle Low German)
  • sjaldan (Old Norse)
    • sjáldan, sjaldan (Faroese)
    • sjaldan (Icelandic)
    • sjeldan, sjalda, sjølda, sjeldom (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • sjaldan (Old Norse)
    • siældæn (Old Danish)
      • sjælden (Danish)
        • sjelden (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • sjaldan (Old Norse)
    • siäldan, säldan, siällan (Old Swedish)
      • sällan (Swedish)

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