förlåta
Swedish
verb-irr
Definitions
- to forgive or excuse somebody
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish forlata derived from Middle Low German vorlaten inherited from Proto-Germanic *fralētaną (dismiss, leave) prefix from Swedish låta (leave, allow, let).
Origin
Swedish
låta
Gloss
leave, allow, let
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forlet English
- let English
- Verlassenheit German
- lassen German
- verlassen German
- verlässlich German
- laten Dutch, Flemish
- verlaten Dutch, Flemish
- forlate Norwegian Bokmål
- *fralētaną Proto-Germanic
- låta Swedish
- tillåta Swedish
- upplåta Swedish
- överlåta Swedish
- forlætan Old English
- forlǣtan Old English
- forleten Middle English
- forlade Danish
- forladelse Danish
- lade Danish
- farlāʒan, farlazan Old High German
- firlāzzan Old High German
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- laten Middle Low German
- vorlaten Middle Low German
- forlata Old Swedish
- lata, lāta Old Swedish
- forleet Scots