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Where does “sorhleas” come from?

sorhleas (Old English) comes from Old English sorh, from Old English sorg, from Proto-West Germanic sorgu, from Proto-Germanic surgō, from Proto-Indo-European swergʰ- — to watch over, worry; be ill, suffer; watch over,...

sorhleas (Old English): free from care or anxiety, secure; free from...

Definitions

  1. free from care or anxiety, secure; free from...

Ancestry of “sorhleas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishsorhAlternative form of sorg
2Old Englishsorgworry, anxiety; sorrow, grief
3Proto-West Germanicsorguworry, sorrow
4Proto-Germanicsurgōworry, care, sorrow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswergʰ-to watch over, worry; be ill, suffer; watch over,...
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