Etymology Explorer › Norwegian Nynorsk

Where does “vemod” come from?

vemod (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German wēmōt, from Middle Low German wēmōdich.

vemod (Norwegian Nynorsk): sadness

Definitions

  1. sadness

Ancestry of “vemod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwēmōt—
2Middle Low Germanwēmōdich—
Every word from Middle Low German wēmōdich →