enke
Danish
/ɛnkə/
noun
Definitions
- widow
Etymology
Derived from Old Danish ænkia (widow) 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
- *ainakjǭ Proto-Germanic
- änka Swedish
- änkling Swedish
- enke Norwegian Nynorsk
- ekkja Old Norse
- enkemand Danish
- græs Danish
- græsenke Danish
- mand Danish
- ekkja Icelandic
- einkja Faroese
- einkjumaður Faroese
- ekkja Faroese
- ænkia Old Swedish
- aaintj Westrobothnian
- ænkia Old Danish
- aintja Elfdalian