wiif
See also: Wiif
Middle English
Noun
wiif
- Partially modernised spelling of wijf
Old Frisian
Noun
wiif n
- Late Old Frisian spelling of wīf
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian wīf, from Proto-Germanic *wībą.
Noun
wiif c (plural wiven, diminutive wyfke)
- (dated) wife
- Synonym: frou
- (rare) woman
- Synonym: frou
Further reading
- “wiif”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011