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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Sorge

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Sorge
Friedrich Kluge2510065An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Sorge1891John Francis Davis

Sorge, f., ‘care, anxiety, sorrow,’ from the equiv. MidHG. sorge, OHG. soraga, f., whose Franc. variant sworga makes it probable that the word was derived from an Aryan root swerk (to which OIr. serc, ‘love,’ is allied?) or Aryan swergh (comp. Lith. sergéti, ‘to guard’). Yet the forms in the other Teut. dials. have not the w; comp. Goth. saúrga, AS. sorh, E. sorrow, Du. zorg, OSax. sorga. Nothing certain can be asserted concerning the early history of the word.