wyf

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Middle English word wyf comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰwíh₂bʰ-, and later Proto-Germanic *wībą (Wife. Woman.)

*gʰwíh₂bʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*wībą (Proto-Germanic)

Wife. Woman.

wīf (Old English)

wiif (Middle English)

Partially modernized spelling of wijf.

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