wib

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German wīp, from Old High German wīb, from Proto-West Germanic *wīb (“woman; wife”).

Cognate with German Weib, Dutch wijf, English wife, Icelandic víf.

Noun

wib n (Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti, Formazza)

1. woman
2. wife

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Old High German

Alternative forms

• wīp

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wīb, from Proto-Germanic *wībą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wiːb/

Noun

wīb n

1. woman
2. wife

Declension

Declension of wīb (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	wīb	wīb
accusative	wīb	wīb
genitive	wībes	wībo
dative	wībe	wībum
instrumental	wību	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: wīp
  • Alemannic German: wib
  • Bavarian: baip, baib

    Cimbrian: baip, baibe

    Mòcheno: baib

  • German: Weib
  • Central Franconian: Wiev, Wivv, Weiv
  • Yiddish: ווײַב (vayb)