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English word wife comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰwíh₂bʰ-, and later Proto-Germanic *wībą (Wife. Woman.)
*gʰwíh₂bʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)
*wībą (Proto-Germanic)
Wife. Woman.
wif (Old English)
A married woman, a wife. Woman.
wīf (Old English)
wyf (Middle English)
Wife.
wife (English)
(Scotland) .. A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.. The female of a pair of mated animals.