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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/surgō

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *swurgō

Etymology

From earlier *swurgō, from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“to watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”). Cognate with Lithuanian sir̃gti (“to be ill, be sick”), Polish srogi (“stern, severe, harsh”), Old Irish serg (“sickness, disease”).

Noun

*surgō f

  1. worry, care, sorrow

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *surgō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *surgō *surgôz
vocative *surgō *surgôz
accusative *surgǭ *surgōz
genitive *surgōz *surgǫ̂
dative *surgōi *surgōmaz
instrumental *surgō *surgōmiz

Derived terms

Descendants

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