Where does “sorgarboð” come from?

sorgarboð (Faroese) comes from Faroese boð, from Old Norse boð, from Proto-Germanic budą, from Proto-Germanic beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

sorgarboð (Faroese): sad news, that someone has died

Definitions

  1. sad news, that someone has died

Ancestry of “sorgarboð”, step by step

sorgarboð traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese boð

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeseboðmessage; order; offer
2Old Norseboðoffer
3Proto-Germanicbudąoffer; message
4Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

via Faroese sorg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesesorgsorrow, grief
2Old Norsesorgsorrow, grief
3Proto-Germanicsurgōworry, care, sorrow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswergʰ-to watch over, worry; be ill, suffer; watch over,...
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