Where does “verzweifelt” come from?

verzweifelt (German) comes from German zweifeln, from Middle High German zwīvelen, from Middle High German zwīvel, from Old High German zwīfal, from Proto-West Germanic twīfl, from Proto-Germanic twīflaz, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

verzweifelt (German): desperate; desperately; inflection of...

Definitions

  1. desperate; desperately; inflection of...

Ancestry of “verzweifelt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzweifelnto doubt, to be doubtful
2Middle High Germanzwīvelen—
3Middle High Germanzwīvel—
4Old High Germanzwīfaltwo-fold
5Proto-West Germanictwīfldoubt
6Proto-Germanictwīflazdoubt
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Germanic twīflaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic twīfl →