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itse.

oneself, itself (used to emphasize the person or thing acting as the headword)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

pron/ˈitse(ˣ)/[ˈits̠e̞(ʔ)]
  1. oneself, itself (used to emphasize the person or thing acting as the headword)

    Sinun täytyy tehdä se itse.
    Itse pomo tuli paikalle.
  2. self-, auto-

    Levitä itseruskettavaa voidetta iholle.
  3. ego-, self-

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *icek ~ *ic'ek (compare Estonian ise), from Proto-Uralic *iće (compare Northern Sami ieš, Erzya эсь (eś, “own, oneself”), Eastern Mari шке (ške), Udmurt ачим (aćim), Northern Mansi [script needed] (is), Northern Khanty ис (is, “soul”)). The original meaning in Proto-Uralic was “shadow-soul” or “the conscious mind” (as a part of the soul); development into a reflexive pronoun occurred in the westernmost Uralic languages.

noun/ˈitse(ˣ)/[ˈits̠e̞(ʔ)]
  1. self, ego

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *icek ~ *ic'ek (compare Estonian ise), from Proto-Uralic *iće (compare Northern Sami ieš, Erzya эсь (eś, “own, oneself”), Eastern Mari шке (ške), Udmurt ачим (aćim), Northern Mansi [script needed] (is), Northern Khanty ис (is, “soul”)). The original meaning in Proto-Uralic was “shadow-soul” or “the conscious mind” (as a part of the soul); development into a reflexive pronoun occurred in the westernmost Uralic languages.

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