widowa

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *widuwā, from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ.

Noun

widowa f

1. widow

Inflection

Declension of widowa (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	widowa	widowa, widowon
accusative	widowa, widowon	widowa, widowon
genitive	widowon	widowono
dative	widowon	widowon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: weduwe, wedewe
  • Dutch: weduwe, (archaic) weeuw
    • Afrikaans: weduwee
    • Negerhollands: weduwe
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: widhwá

References

• “widowa”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012