Some Memories of Germany, Bus Tour To Heidelberg, Part 7

In the late 1980s I took a bus tour to Heidelberg, which is located on the Neckar River in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg. One of the main places to visit in Heidelberg is the "Heidelberger Schloss" (Heidelberg Castle/Palace), some parts of which are about 700 years old. It sits just above the main part of the city. I bought a print of the castle when I was there, and I have it on my wall to this day.  

WORD HISTORY:
Sorrow-In spite of the similarity, "sorrow" is not related to "sorry." It goes back to Indo European "swergh," the initial notion of which may have had to do with sickness, as some non Germanic relatives had forms tied to that meaning (for example, Old Irish had "serg"=sickness). From the idea of sickness came the idea of, "to care for, to worry over." This gave its Old Germanic offspring "sorgh," with that meaning. This gave Old English (Anglo-Saxon) "sorg/sorh," meaning "terrible worry, grief," which then became "sorwe" (the "e" was pronounced "eh/ah"), which then became the modern form. Old English also had the verb form "sorgian," which meant "to worry, to care, to grieve." The other Germanic languages have: German "Sorge" (noun), meaning "worry, concern," and more rarely, "sorrow," but also "care," and a verb form, "sorgen," meaning "to worry, to care for, to look after;" Low German Saxon "Sorg," meaning "worry, care," and the verb form "sorgen," meaning "to care for;" Dutch "zorg," meaning "care, worry;" West Frisian "soarch" (in compounds), meaning "care;" Danish "sorg," meaning "grief, sorrow;" Norwegian "sorg," meaning "grief, mourning;" Swedish "sorg," meaning "grief, sadness;" and Icelandic "sorg," meaning "sorrow, grief."