*surgō

Runic: ᛊᚢᚱᚷᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈsur.ɣɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

worry, care, sorrow

Etymology

From earlier *swurgō, from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (‘to watch over, worry; be ill, suffer’). Cognate with Lithuanian sir̃gti (‘to be ill, be sick’), Polish srogi (‘stern, severe, harsh’), Old Irish serg (‘sickness, disease’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	surgō	surgôz
Acc.	surgǭ	surgōz
Gen.	surgōz	surgǫ̂
Dat.	surgōi	surgōmaz
Inst.	surgō	surgōmiz
Voc.	surgō	surgôz

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Descendants

*sorgu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sorga (Old Dutch)
  - sorge, zorge, soorge (Middle Dutch)
    - zorg (Dutch)
      - sorg (Afrikaans)
      - rawat (Indonesian)
      - sorg (Negerhollands)
*sorgu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sorga (Old Dutch)
  - sorge, zorge, soorge (Middle Dutch)
    - zorg (Dutch)
      - sorgu (Sranan Tongo)
        
        sorgu (Caribbean Hindustani)
*sorgu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sorg, sorh (Old English)
  - sorwe (Middle English)
    - sorrow (English)
*sorgu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sorg, sorh (Old English)
  - sorwe (Middle English)
    - sorow, sorrow (Middle Scots)
      - sorra (Scots)
*sorgu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sorge (Old Frisian)
  - Suurge, Sourge (Saterland Frisian)
  - soarch (West Frisian)
*sorgu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sworga, sorga (Old High German)
  - sorge (Middle High German)
    - Sorge (German)
    - Suerg (Luxembourgish)
    - זאָרג (zorg) (Yiddish)
*sorgu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sorga (Old Saxon)
  - sorge (Middle Low German)
    - Sorge, Soarge, Suarge, Suare, Sōerje (Low German)
    - Sorj (Plautdietsch)
*sworgu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sorga (Old Dutch)
  - sorge, zorge, soorge (Middle Dutch)
    - zorg (Dutch)
      - sorg (Afrikaans)
      - rawat (Indonesian)
      - sorg (Negerhollands)
*sworgu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sorga (Old Dutch)
  - sorge, zorge, soorge (Middle Dutch)
    - zorg (Dutch)
      - sorgu (Sranan Tongo)
        
        sorgu (Caribbean Hindustani)
*sworgu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sorg, sorh (Old English)
  - sorwe (Middle English)
    - sorrow (English)
*sworgu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sorg, sorh (Old English)
  - sorwe (Middle English)
    - sorow, sorrow (Middle Scots)
      - sorra (Scots)
*sworgu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sorge (Old Frisian)
  - Suurge, Sourge (Saterland Frisian)
  - soarch (West Frisian)
*sworgu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sworga, sorga (Old High German)
  - sorge (Middle High German)
    - Sorge (German)
    - Suerg (Luxembourgish)
    - זאָרג (zorg) (Yiddish)
*sworgu (Proto-West Germanic)
- sorga (Old Saxon)
  - sorge (Middle Low German)
    - Sorge, Soarge, Suarge, Suare, Sōerje (Low German)
    - Sorj (Plautdietsch)
sorg (Old Norse)
- sorg (Danish)
- sorg (Faroese)
- sorg (Icelandic)
- sorg (Norwegian Bokmål)
- sorg (Norwegian Nynorsk)
sorg (Old Norse)
- sorgh (Old Swedish)
  - sorg (Swedish)
𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌰 (saurga) (Gothic)
*surku (Proto-Finnic)

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