Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “förtvivla” come from?

förtvivla (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish fortvifla, from Middle Low German vortwivelen.

förtvivla (Swedish): to despair, to lose hope

Definitions

  1. to despair, to lose hope

Ancestry of “förtvivla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishfortvifla—
2Middle Low Germanvortwivelen—

Words derived from “förtvivla”

  • förtvivlan
Every word from Middle Low German vortwivelen →