>>14611912Etymology
FromMiddle Englishsory, fromOld Englishsāriġ(“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, grieved, sorrowful, sad, mournful, bitter”), fromProto-West Germanic*sairag, fromProto-Germanic*sairagaz(“sad”), fromProto-Indo-European*sayǝw-(“hard, rough, painful”). Cognate withScotssairie(“sad, grieved”),Saterland Frisianseerich(“sore, inflamed”),West Frisiansearich(“sad, sorry”),Low Germanserig(“sick, scabby”),Germandialectalsehrig(“sore, sad, painful”), Swedishsårig. More atsore.
