Old English selden

← Proto-Germanic *seldanaz (inherited)

← Old High German seltan (cognate)

← Old Norse sjaldan (cognate)

← Old Frisian selden (cognate)

→ English rare (cognate)

→ Middle English seldom (inherited)

→ Middle English selden (inherited)

→ Middle English seldyn (inherited)

→ Middle English seelden (inherited)

→ Middle English sielden (inherited)

→ Middle English seeldyn (inherited)