Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/widuwǭ
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*widuwǭ f
Inflection
editōn-stemDeclension of *widuwǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *widuwǭ | *widuwōniz | |
vocative | *widuwǭ | *widuwōniz | |
accusative | *widuwōnų | *widuwōnunz | |
genitive | *widuwōniz | *widuwōnǫ̂ | |
dative | *widuwōni | *widuwōmaz | |
instrumental | *widuwōnē | *widuwōmiz |
Related terms
edit- *widuwernô (?)
- *widuwô
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *widuwā
- Old English: widuwe, widua — Northumbrian, wuduwe — West Saxon, widewe, wyduwe, weoduwe, weodewe, wydewe
- Old Frisian: widwe, wedwe
- Saterland Frisian: Wiede- (in Wiedewieuw, Wiedekäärel)
- West Frisian: widdo
- Old Saxon: widuwa, widowa
- Old Dutch: widowa
- Old High German: wituwa, witawa
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 (widuwō)