weduwe
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈʋeːdyʋə/
noun
Definitions
- widow, surviving wife
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch weduwe inherited from Old Dutch *widuwa inherited from *widuwā inherited from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ (widow) derived 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
- Strohwitwe German
- Witwe German
- Witwenschaft German
- verwitwet German
- weduwnaar Dutch, Flemish
- *h₁widʰéwh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *widuwǭ Proto-Germanic
- widuwe Old English
- विधवा Sanskrit
- widwe Middle English
- *vьdova Proto-Slavic
- vidvo Esperanto
- weduwe Middle Dutch
- weduwenaer Middle Dutch
- wituwa Old High German
- witewe Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 Gothic
- *waiso gmw-pro
- *widuwā gmw-pro
- *widuwa Old Dutch
- *widwā Proto-Celtic
- *HwidʰáwaH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ewítʰewos Proto-Hellenic