veuve
French
noun
Definitions
- widow
Etymology
Inherited from Old French vauve, vaüve inherited from Latin *viduva, vidua (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
- *viduva Latin
- vidua Latin
- vedova Italian
- veuvage French
- вдова Russian
- viuda Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁widʰéwh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *widuwǭ Proto-Germanic
- विधवा Sanskrit
- *vьdova Proto-Slavic
- vauve Old French
- vauve, vaüve Old French
- viuda Catalan, Valencian
- vídua Catalan, Valencian
- văduvă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- *waiso gmw-pro
- viuva Old Portuguese
- *widwā Proto-Celtic
- *HwidʰáwaH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- veduã Aromanian
- viuda Asturian
- въдова Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- vedue Friulian
- viuda Old Spanish
- viduva Istriot
- *ewítʰewos Proto-Hellenic
- biúba Mirandese
- vèv Antillean Creole