Talk:self-stimulation

mentioning the German word
Im not sure the German word really merits a mention in the etymology, since it is only related to the masturbation sense and it's not all that surprising that a word for masturbation would have the word "self" in it. The second part isnt particularly close in meaning to the English. Even so, I wont delete it yet, because its possible the German word really is the origin of the English, due to German being prominent in psychiatry especially in the 20th century. — Soap — 03:45, 7 January 2024 (UTC)


 * They are not cognates. Only their first syllables are cognate ("self" : "selbst"). Concerning the remaining syllables: one derived via Latin from PIE *(s)teyg; the other derived via Germanic from PIE *priHós. The fact that the two words have the same number of syllables (five) is an accidental coincidence. I removed the claim to cognacy. If the English term arose as a translation of the German term as used in psychiatry then that could be mentioned, but it does not support the claim to cognacy.  AugPi 05:27, 7 January 2024 (UTC)