Etymograph

English

self-learning

From self- + learning.

Formed from self- + learning

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Proto-West Germanic *liʀnungu

Old English leornung ‘learning’

Middle English lernyng

English learning

Today it means

noun Learning done by oneself, without a teacher or instructor.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “self-learning”. 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.

Etymograph / self-learning