French veuve

← Old French vauve (inherited)

← Old French veve (mention)

← Old French vedve (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (inherited)

← Latin vidua (inherited)

→ Seychellois Creole vev (derived)

→ Old Church Slavonic въдова (cognate)

→ French veuvage (suffix)

→ Antillean Creole vèv (derived)

→ Russian вдова (cognate)