Where does “sorg” come from?
sorg (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic surgō, from Proto-Indo-European swergʰ- — to watch over, worry; be ill, suffer; watch over,...
sorg (Norwegian Bokmål): sorrow, grief, sadness
Ancestry of “sorg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | sorg | sorrow, grief |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | surgō | worry, care, sorrow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | swergʰ- | to watch over, worry; be ill, suffer; watch over,... |
Words derived from “sorg”