Witwe
German (Berlin)
/ˈvɪtvə/, /ˈvɪtfə/
noun
Definitions
- widow
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German witewe inherited from Old High German wituwa inherited from *widuwā inherited from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ (widow) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (widow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁widʰéwh₂
Gloss
widow
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
寡
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- military widow English
- widow English
- widow foreclosure English
- widow-hunter English
- widow-maker English
- widower English
- widowhead English
- widowhood English
- widowlike English
- widowly English
- vidua Latin
- -n- German
- -schaft German
- Stroh German
- Strohwitwe German
- Witwenschaft German
- verwitwet German
- weduwe Dutch, Flemish
- weduwnaar Dutch, Flemish
- вдова Russian
- *h₁widʰéwh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *widuwǭ Proto-Germanic
- widuwe Old English
- विधवा Sanskrit
- widwe Middle English
- *vьdova Proto-Slavic
- vidvino Esperanto
- vidviĉo Esperanto
- vidvo Esperanto
- weduwe Middle Dutch
- wituwa Old High German
- witewe Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 Gothic
- *waiso gmw-pro
- *widuwā gmw-pro
- אלמנת קש Hebrew (modern)
- *widuwa Old Dutch
- *widwā Proto-Celtic
- bittaba Cimbrian
- bittabar Cimbrian
- *HwidʰáwaH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- въдова Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *ewítʰewos Proto-Hellenic