enkedronning.
a queen dowager; the widow of a king
Meaning & usage
a queen dowager; the widow of a king
Josefine var enkedronning fra Oscar I døde i 1859 til hun selv døde i 1876.
Where this word comes from
From enke (“widow”) + dronning (“queen”), literally “widow queen”. The first element enke (“widow”) is from Old Danish ænkia (“widow”), corresponding to Old Norse ekkja (“widow”), from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ (“widow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”). The second element dronning (“queen”) is from Old Norse dróttning (“queen”), derived from dróttinn (“lord, ruler”), from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, lord, sovereign”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to accompany, follow, be loyal”). Compare the parallel formations Danish enkedronning, Swedish änkedrottning, Faroese einkjudrotning and Icelandic ekkjudrottning (“queen dowager”).
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