Baltic etymology :

Proto-Baltic: *suñk-u- adj., *suñk- vb. intr.

Meaning: heavy

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lithuanian: sunkù- `schwer, lästig, beschwerlich, ungelenkig, ungewandt, unbeholfen (von Menschen); unangenehm, unerfreundlich', suñkti `schwer(er) werden, lästig(er) werden, in der Schangenschaft voranrücken'

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *swAnk-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: heavy

Baltic: *suñk-u- adj., *suñk- vb. intr.

Germanic: *swang-r-a- adj.

Russ. meaning: тяжелый

References: WP II 525

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *swangra-

Meaning: heavy, slow

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old English: swangor `heavy (in the movement of the body or mind), slow, slothful, sluggish, indolent'

Dutch: zwanger

Middle Low German: swanger

Old High German: swangar `schwanger (von Menschen und Tieren)' (9.Jh.)

Middle High German: swanger 'schwanger; schwankend'

German: schwanger

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 1937

Root: su̯enk-, sunk-

English meaning: heavy

German meaning: `schwerfällig (schwanger), schwer sein'

Material: Ags. swangor `schwerfällig, träge', ahd. swangar `schwanger'; lit. suñkti `schwer werden', sunkùs `schwer' (von Körpern und von Arbeiten), älter lit. sunkinga `schwanger'.

References: WP. II 525.

Pages: 1048

PIE database: PIE database

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *šuŋḳV

Meaning: heavy

Indo-European: *su̯onk-

Uralic: Sam. *śuŋkV; FU *šoŋkV

References: МССНЯ 370. ND 2164 *šoŋḲa 'to be tight, heavy, difficult' (+ Sem.).

Uralic etymology :

Number: 1022

Proto: *šoŋkV

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: narrow, straits; to become narrow

German meaning: eng, Bedrängnis; eng werden

Udmurt (Votyak): šug (S) 'schwerlich, mühsam, Mühe; traurig, Trauer, Kummer', (G) 'eng, unbequem, schwer'

Komi (Zyrian): šog (S P) 'Trauer, Sorge, Betrübnis; Ermattung, Schwäche', (PO) 'Mattigkeit, Leid'

Hungarian: aggód- 'sich kümmern', dial. óg- 'sich ängstigen, sich kümmern' ?

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