overwordExplorer
NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

selv.

myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself

4 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

pron/sɛl/
  1. myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself

    singular
  2. ourselves, yourselves, themselves

    in-plural
Where this word comes from

From Danish selv, from Old Norse sjalfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

selv has 4 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

selv studioselv workshello, selv

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.