Dictionary phrase *leit- Leid leider Leider ja.

Meanings

1.
Unfortunately yes.

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The meaning of "allerdings"

A thorough look at the meanings of "allerdings" why you can use it to express contradiction AND agreement. Yeah, I know... German :)


Word Family

Root: *leit-

The core idea of this root was:

hating, despising

It’s the origin of English to loath.
In German, it has focused more back on the suffering that might be cause for the loathing. Or the suffering that it causes to loath :).

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