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widow

Source:*vьdovaProto-Slaviccertain

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English

widow

Polish

wdowa

ˈvdɔva

Cognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
вдова́vdova
vdɐˈvainherited
Ukrainian
вдова́vdova
wdɔˈʋainherited
Polish
wdowa
ˈvdɔvainherited
Czech
vdova
ˈvdovainherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
udovicaудовица
ˈudovitsainherited
The vowelless *vь- became u-.
English
widow
Distant English relative — Widow, Latin vidua and *vьdova go back to one Indo-European word.