Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/swergʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*swergʰ-[1]

  1. to be ill
  2. to take care of

Derived terms

  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Proto-Slavic: *svorga (“bane, infelicity, severity”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Proto-Germanic: *surgō (“worry, care, sorrow”)
    • Tocharian A: särk (“illness, pain”)
    • >? Sanskrit: सूर्क्षति (sū́rkṣati, “to heed, care about”) (root सूर्क्ष् (sūrkṣ))

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*surgō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 493

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