wdowa

Polish

noun

Definitions

widow (woman whose spouse has died)
Any spider of the genus Latrodectus; .
(typography) widow

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьdova.

Origin

Proto-Slavic

*vьdova

Gloss

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

вдова Russian
*h₁widʰéwh₂ Proto-Indo-European
wdowi Polish
wdowiec Polish
wdowula Polish
wdówka Polish
*vьdova Proto-Slavic
*vьdovьcь Proto-Slavic
vdova Czech
udova Serbo-Croatian
удова Serbo-Croatian
вдовица Macedonian
вдова Ukrainian
vdova Slovak
vdova Slovene
въдова Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian