Etymograph

English

self-killer

From self- + killer or self-kill + -er.

Formed from self- + killer

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Middle English killer

English killer

Today it means

noun One who kills oneself; a suicide.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “self-killer”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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