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