Etymograph

English

hersen

Hersen comes from Middle English hirselven.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hirselven
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2013hersen

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hirselven
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2013hersen

Earliest quotation: 2013, Karen Perkins: “She barely came to church, holed hersen up in…”

A compound of her + sen ‘self’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱís ‘this’

Proto-Germanic *hiz ‘this’

Proto-Germanic *hezōi ‘dative singular feminine of *hiz’

Old English hire ‘her’

Middle English here

English her

Middle English selven

English sen

Every English word from Middle English hirselven

Today it means

pron Herself.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle English hirselven / hersen

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