Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/swergʰ-
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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 edit
Root edit
*swergʰ-
- to be ill
- to take care of
Derived terms edit
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
- Proto-Slavic: *svorga (“bane, infelicity, severity”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *surgō (“worry, care, sorrow”)
Further reading edit
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1051