sorow
Middle English
/ˈsɔrɔu/
noun
Definitions
- sorrow, sadness, anxiety
- regret, repentance
- trouble, disaster
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sorg inherited from *sorgu inherited from Proto-Germanic *surgō (worry, anxiety).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*surgō
Gloss
worry, anxiety
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
恐, 虞, 怖, 畏
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besorrow English
- oversorrow English
- seeksorrow English
- sorrow English
- sorrow-ridden English
- sorrower English
- sorrowest English
- sorroweth English
- sorrowful English
- sorrowless English
- sorrowly English
- sorrowsome English
- sorrowy English
- surku Finnish
- *surgh- Proto-Indo-European
- *swergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *surgō Proto-Germanic
- orsorg Old English
- sorg Old English
- sorg Old Norse
- sorga Old High German
- 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌰 Gothic
- *sorgu gmw-pro
- *sworga Old Dutch
- sorga Old Saxon
- sorge Old Frisian