enke

Norwegian

noun-c

Definitions

a widow (woman whose husband has died)
(printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column; a widow

Etymology

Derived from Old Danish ænkia (widow) derived from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*ainakjǭ

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

enkemann Norwegian Bokmål
mann Norwegian Bokmål
*ainakjǭ Proto-Germanic
enke Norwegian Nynorsk
ekkja Old Norse
enke Danish
ekkja Icelandic
ekkja Faroese
ænkia Old Swedish
aaintj Westrobothnian
ænkia Old Danish
aintja Elfdalian