זיך
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German sich, from Old High German sih. Cognate to German sich.
The generalization to all persons and numbers was most likely influenced by Slavic languages; compare Polish siebie, Russian себя (sebja), Ukrainian себе (sebe), Bulgarian себе (sebe).
Pronoun[edit]
זיך • (zikh)
- Reflexive pronoun for all persons and numbers: itself, himself, herself, oneself, themselves, myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves.
- (Hungarian Yiddish, New York Chassidish) Reflexive pronoun for the third person only: itself, himself, herself, oneself, themselves.
Categories:
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Slavic languages
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish pronouns