widwe
Middle English
noun
Definitions
- widow
Etymology
Inherited from Old English widuwe 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
- Witwe German
- *h₁widʰéwh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *widuwǭ Proto-Germanic
- widuwe Old English
- विधवा Sanskrit
- *vьdova Proto-Slavic
- wituwa Old High German
- 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 Gothic
- *waiso gmw-pro
- *widuwā gmw-pro
- *widuwa Old Dutch
- *widwā Proto-Celtic
- *HwidʰáwaH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ewítʰewos Proto-Hellenic