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. 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:
    • Latvian: sìrgt
    • Lithuanian: sir̃gti
  • Proto-Germanic: *surgō (“worry, care, sorrow”)
  • Tocharian A: särk (“illness, pain”)
  • >? Sanskrit: सूर्क्षति (sū́rkṣati, “to heed, care about”) (root सूर्क्ष् (sūrkṣ))

References

Further reading

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1051