besorrow

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bisorgōn
2. Old English · inherited frombesorgian“to regret; be anxious about, dread, shrink from”
3. Middle English · inherited frombisorȝen
4. English todaybesorrow

From Middle English bisorȝen, from Old English besorgian (“to regret; be anxious about, dread, shrink from”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisorgōn, equivalent to be- + sorrow. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bisúurgje (“to obtain, get, take care of”), West Frisian besoargje (“to provide, deliver”), Dutch bezorgen (“to provide, deliver, take care of”), German besorgen (“to procure, acquire, attend to, take care of”), Swedish besörja (“to deal with, attend to”).