Where does “vedue” come from?
vedue (Friulian) comes from Vulgar Latin viduva, from Latin vidua, from Proto-Italic *wiðowā.
vedue (Friulian): widow
Ancestry of “vedue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | viduva | — |
| 2 | Latin | vidua | widow; unmarried woman; nominative feminine... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *wiðowā | — |