wiffreond

Old English

noun

Definitions

a female friend

Etymology

Compound from Old English wīf (woman, wife, lady, female) + Old English frēond (friend, lover, relative, loving-, loving, friendly).

Origin

Old English

frēond

Gloss

friend, lover, relative, loving-, loving, friendly

Concept

Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

友

Emoji

🐶

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

friend English
woman English
*frijōndz Proto-Germanic
*wībą Proto-Germanic
broþorwif Old English
ealdwif Old English
freondlar Old English
freondlaþu Old English
freondleas Old English
freondlic Old English
freondræden Old English
freondscipe Old English
frēond Old English
hæmedwif Old English
unrihtwif Old English
wifcynn Old English
wifgemana Old English
wifhad Old English
wifhand Old English
wifhired Old English
wifian Old English
wifleas Old English
wiflic Old English
wifmann Old English
wifscrud Old English
wīf Old English
frend Middle English
frende Middle English
wif Middle English
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