itse.
oneself, itself (used to emphasize the person or thing acting as the headword)
Meaning & usage
oneself, itself (used to emphasize the person or thing acting as the headword)
Sinun täytyy tehdä se itse.
Itse pomo tuli paikalle.
self-, auto-
Levitä itseruskettavaa voidetta iholle.
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.
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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