wituwa

Old High German edit

Alternative forms edit

witawa

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *widuwā, from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

Noun edit

wituwa f

widow

Declension edit

Declension of wituwa (feminine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	wituwa	wituwun
accusative	wituwūn	wituwun
genitive	wituwūn	wituwōno
dative	wituwūn	wituwōm, wituwōn

Descendants edit

Middle High German: witewe
- Cimbrian: bittaba
- German: Witwe
- Luxembourgish: Wit- (in Witfra, Witmann)
- Vilamovian: wytwa

References edit

Köbler, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, 6th ed. (2014)

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