English

self-build

From self- + build.

A compound of self- + build

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to become’

Proto-Germanic *buþlą

Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan ‘to build’

Old English byldan

Middle English bilden

English build

Today it means

adj Supplied in kit form, for construction by the owner.

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

Etymograph / self-build