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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sorgēn

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *surgāną. Equivalent to *sorgu (worry, sorrow) + *-ēn.

Verb

*sorgēn[1]

  1. to worry, be sad

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive *sorgēn
1st sg. past *sorg?dā
Infinitive *sorgēn
Genitive infin. *sorgēnijas
Dative infin. *sorgēnijē
Instrum. infin. *sorgēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *sorgē *sorg?dā
2nd singular *sorgēs *sorg?dēs, *sorg?dēs
3rd singular *sorgēþ *sorg?dē, *sorg?dā
1st plural *sorgēm *sorg?dum
2nd plural *sorgēþ *sorg?dud
3rd plural *sorgēnþ *sorg?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *sorgē *sorg?dī
2nd singular *sorgēs *sorg?dī
3rd singular *sorgē *sorg?dī
1st plural *sorgēm *sorg?dīm
2nd plural *sorgēþ *sorg?dīd
3rd plural *sorgēn *sorg?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *sorgē
Plural *sorgēþ
Present Past
Participle *sorgēndī *sorg?d

Derived terms

  • *bisorgēn

Descendants

  • Old English: sorgian, sorhgian, *sœrgian, *sergian
    • Middle English: sorȝen, serȝhen, sorwen, serwen
  • Old Frisian: sorgia
  • Old Saxon: sorgōn
  • Old Dutch: sorgon
    • Middle Dutch: sorgen
      • Dutch: zorgen
        • Afrikaans: sorg
        • Negerhollands: sorg
        • Aukan: solugu
        • Papiamentu: sòru
        • Saramaccan: solúgu
        • Sranan Tongo: sorgu
          • Caribbean Javanese: sorgu, nyoru, nyorgoni
          • Kari'na: sorukuma
      • Limburgish: zórge, zörge
  • Old High German: sorgēn, sworgōn, sorgōn

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 162:PWGmc *sorgē-
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