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

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)