ekkja
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- (poetic) maiden, lass
- widow
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ainakjǭ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- enke Norwegian Bokmål
- enkemann Norwegian Bokmål
- *ainakjǭ Proto-Germanic
- änka Swedish
- enke Norwegian Nynorsk
- enkemann Norwegian Nynorsk
- enke Danish
- enkemand Danish
- græsenke Danish
- ekkja Icelandic
- ekkjumaður Icelandic
- einkja Faroese
- ekkja Faroese
- ænkia Old Swedish
- aaintj Westrobothnian
- ænkia Old Danish
- aintja Elfdalian