German Witwe

← Old English widuwe (cognate)

← English widow (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ (inherited)

← Middle High German witewe (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *widuwā (inherited)

← Old High German wituwa (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (inherited)

← Dutch weduwe (cognate)

← Old Saxon widowa (cognate)

→ English widow (cognate)

→ Cimbrian bittaba (cognate)

→ Old Church Slavonic въдова (cognate)

→ German verwitwet (affix)

→ German Strohwitwe (affix)

→ German Witwenschaft (compound)

→ Esperanto vidvo (borrowed)

→ Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 (cognate)

→ Dutch weduwe (cognate)

→ Russian вдова (cognate)