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

sorhleas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sorh

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,...

via Old English lēas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
2Proto-Germanic*laus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swergʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic surgō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sorgu →