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