Mêtî

Witwe

(Îngilîzî)

widow

Pircarînî

B2
Zarava

Basel-Landschaft (de)

Basel-Landschaft (de)

witfrau

Agahiyên ji hêla: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈvɪtvə/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle High German witewe, from Old High German wituwa, from Proto-West Germanic *widuwā, from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”). Germanic cognates include Dutch weduwe, Old Saxon widowa, Old English widuwe, whence English widow, which see.

Related words

pîrebî

bîjin

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