wituwa

Old High German

Alternative forms
  • witawa

Etymology

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

Noun

wituwa f

  1. widow

Declension
Declension of wituwa (feminine n-stem)
case singular plural
nominative wituwa wituwun
accusative wituwūn wituwun
genitive wituwūn wituwōno
dative wituwūn wituwōm, wituwōn

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

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