*widuwǭ

Runic: ᚹᛁᛞᚢᚹᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwi.ðu.wɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

widow

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (‘widow’).

*widuwā (Proto-West Germanic)
- widowa (Old Dutch)
  - weduwe, wedewe (Middle Dutch)
    - weduwe, weeuw (Dutch)
      - weduwee (Afrikaans)
      - widhwá (Caribbean Hindustani)
      - weduwe (Negerhollands)
*widuwā (Proto-West Germanic)
- widuwe, widua, wuduwe, widewe, wyduwe, weoduwe, weodewe, wydewe (Old English)
  - widwe (Middle English)
    - widow (English)
    - weedae, wedow, widdow (Scots)
*widuwā (Proto-West Germanic)
- widwe, wedwe (Old Frisian)
  - Wiede-, Wiedewieuw, Wiedekäärel (Saterland Frisian)
  - widdo (West Frisian)
*widuwā (Proto-West Germanic)
- wituwa, witawa (Old High German)
  - witewe (Middle High German)
    - bittaba (Cimbrian)
    - Witwe (German)
    - Wit-, Witfra, Witmann (Luxembourgish)
    - wytwa (Vilamovian)
*widuwā (Proto-West Germanic)
- widuwa, widowa (Old Saxon)
  - wedewe, weduwe, wedue (Middle Low German)
    - Wät-, Wätfru (Plautdietsch)
𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 (widuwō) (Gothic)