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)