widow SN.i.170; AN.iii.128; Ja.vi.33; Mil.288; Vism.17; Pv-a.65, Pv-a.161 Vb-a.339.

Vedic vidhavā widow, vidhu lonely, vidhura separaṭed, Av. vidavā = Goth. widuwō = Ohg. wituwa (Ger. Witwe = E. widow); Gr. ἠίχεος unmarried; Lat vidua widow, etc., in all Idg. languages