Proto-IE: *widhew- <PIH *w->
Meaning: widow
Hittite: udati- (utati-) c. 'Witwe' (Friedrich 237)
Old Indian: vidhavā f. `widow'
Avestan: viδavā 'Witwe'
Old Greek: ǟítheo-s, att. ǟ́i̯theo-s m. `unverheiratet Jüngling, Jungeselle'
Latin: vidua f. `des Gatten entbehrend, Witwe'; viduus, -a `beraubt, leer; Witwer, Witwe; unverheiratet'
Celtic: OIr fedb `Witwe'; Cymr gweddw `Witwer', Corn guedeu `Witwe'
Russ. meaning: вдова, -ец
Comments: [Perhaps derived from *wyedh-?]
