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-sk
reflexive suffix in words of Dan. origin (e.g. bask, lit. "to bathe oneself"), contracted from O.N. sik, reflexive pronoun corresponding to Goth. sik, O.H.G. sih, Ger. sich "himself, herself, itself," from PIE base *se- (cf. L. se "himself").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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