Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sorgu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *sworgu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *surgō.

Noun

*sorgu f

1. worry, sorrow

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sorgu
Genitive	*sorgā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sorgu	*sorgō
Accusative	*sorgā	*sorgā
Genitive	*sorgā	*sorgō
Dative	*sorgē	*sorgōm, *sorgum
Instrumental	*sorgu	*sorgōm, *sorgum

Derived terms

• *uʀsorg(ī)

Descendants

• Old English: sorg, sorh
  • Middle English: sorȝe, sorwe, sorow
    • English: sorrow
    • Scots: sorow
• Old Frisian: sorge
  • Saterland Frisian: Suurge, Sourge
  • West Frisian: soarch
• Old Saxon: sorga
  • Middle Low German: sorge
    • Low German: Sorge, Soarge, Suarge, Suare, Sōerje (all Westphalian)
    • Plautdietsch: Sorj
• Old Dutch: sorga
  • Middle Dutch: sorge, zorge; soorge
    • Dutch: zorg
      • Afrikaans: sorg
      • Negerhollands: sorg
      • Sranan Tongo: sorgu
        • → Caribbean Hindustani: sorgu
      • → Indonesian: rawat (semantic loan)
• Old High German: sworga, sorga
  • Middle High German: sorge
    • German: Sorge
    • Luxembourgish: Suerg
    • Yiddish: זאָרג (zorg)