Tag: disguised compounds
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bask
Fast Mash Bask comes from Old Norse, baðask (bathe oneself), with middle syllable lost The Scandinavian word joins baða (bathe) and reflexive verbal suffix –sk (self) Suffix –sk traces back to Proto-Indo-European *swe– (self) via Old Norse pronoun sik In 1300s, bask meant “to wallow/bathe,” but especially in blood; evolved to refer to “in sunshine” and metaphorical sunshine I took our…
Mashed Radish 