An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/sich

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2555020An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — sichJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

sich, pronoun, ‘himself, herself,’ &c., from the equivalent Middle High German sich, accusative and dative, Old High German sih, accusative; corresponding to the equivalent Old Low German and Gothic sik, accusative. Compare Latin se, Greek ἐ, Old Slovenian sę, accusative, ‘himself,’ &c. (sebě, dative, like Latin sibi); Sanscrit sva, ‘own,’ Latin suus, Greek ἑός, ὅς. Hence even in Aryan there existed a reflex. pronoun sve-, se-. Further details belong to grammar.