self-preservation

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• /ˌsɛlfˌpɹɛzɜˈɹ.veɪ.ʃən/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English preservation English self-preservation From self- + preservation.

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ахы́хьчара (axə́xjčara) — self-preservation
• Bulgarian: самосъхранение (samosǎhranenie) — self-preservation
• Chinese Mandarin: 自我保護 /自我保护 (zìwǒ bǎohù) — self-preservation
• Chinese Mandarin: 自保 (zìbǎo) — self-preservation
• Czech: sebezáchova — self-preservation
• Danish: selvopholdelse — self-preservation
• Danish: selvopholdelsesdrift — self-preservation
• Dutch: zelfbehoud — self-preservation
• Finnish: itsesuojelu — self-preservation
• French: autoconservation — self-preservation
• German: Selbsterhaltung — self-preservation
• German: Selbsterhaltungstrieb — self-preservation
• Greek: αυτοσυντήρηση (aftosyntírisi) — self-preservation
• Hungarian: önfenntartás — self-preservation
• Irish: féinchaomhnú — self-preservation
• Italian: autoconservazione — self-preservation
• Japanese: 自己保存 (jiko-hozon) — self-preservation
• Lithuanian: savisauga — self-preservation
• Polish: instynkt samozachowawczy — self-preservation
• Russian: самосохране́ние (samosoxranénije) — self-preservation
• Swedish: självbevarelse — self-preservation
• Swedish: självbevarelsedrift — self-preservation
• Ukrainian: самозбере́ження (samozberéžennja) — self-preservation