Etymology

shelfie

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Today it means: A photograph of a bookshelf/bookcase taken by its owner and shared on social media. Full definition →

English selfiebf. ← Middle English self ← Old English self
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kelH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kel(H)-p-
  3. Proto-Germanic*skelfō
  4. Proto-West Germanic*skelfu:
  5. Proto-West Germanic*skilfijā
  6. Old Englishsċylfe?
  7. Middle Englishschelfe
  8. Englishshelf
  9. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  11. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  12. Old Englishself
  13. Middle Englishself
  14. Englishself
  15. Englishselfiebf.
  16. English todayshelfie

From shelf + -ie (back-formation of "selfie").

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