Old Norse ekkja

← Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ (inherited)

← Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (cognate)

→ Danish enke (cognate)

→ Faroese ekkja (inherited)

→ Faroese einkja (derived)

→ Westrobothnian aaintj (inherited)

→ Old Danish ænkia (cognate)

→ Old Swedish ænkia (cognate)

→ Icelandic ekkja (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål enke (cognate)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk enke (derived)

→ Elfdalian aintja (inherited)

→ Swedish änka (inherited)