Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sorgēn
Proto-West Germanic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *surgāną. Equivalent to *sorgu (“worry, sorrow”) + *-ēn.
Verb edit
*sorgēn[1]
Inflection edit
Class 3 weak | ||
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Infinitive | *sorgēn | |
1st sg. past | *sorg?dā | |
Infinitive | *sorgēn | |
Genitive infin. | *sorgēnijas | |
Dative infin. | *sorgēnijē | |
Instrum. infin. | *sorgēniju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *sorgē | *sorg?dā |
2nd singular | *sorgēs | *sorg?dēs, *sorg?dēs |
3rd singular | *sorgēþ | *sorg?dē, *sorg?dā |
1st plural | *sorgēm | *sorg?dum |
2nd plural | *sorgēþ | *sorg?dud |
3rd plural | *sorgēnþ | *sorg?dun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *sorgē | *sorg?dī |
2nd singular | *sorgēs | *sorg?dī |
3rd singular | *sorgē | *sorg?dī |
1st plural | *sorgēm | *sorg?dīm |
2nd plural | *sorgēþ | *sorg?dīd |
3rd plural | *sorgēn | *sorg?dīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *sorgē | |
Plural | *sorgēþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *sorgēndī | *sorg?d |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: sorgian, sorhgian, *sœrgian, *sergian
- Old Frisian: sorgia
- Old Saxon: sorgōn
- Old Dutch: sorgon
- Old High German: sorgēn, sworgōn, sorgōn
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 162: “PWGmc *sorgē-”