wifhand
Old English
noun
Definitions
- the female side or line of a family
Etymology
Compound from Old English wīf (woman, wife, lady, female) + Old English hand (hand, side, person regarded as holder receiver of something, control, possession, power, charge, agency).
Origin
Old English
hand
Gloss
hand, side, person regarded as holder receiver of something, control, possession, power, charge, agency
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
力
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- woman English
- *handuz Proto-Germanic
- *wībą Proto-Germanic
- broþorwif Old English
- ealdwif Old English
- hand Old English
- handboc Old English
- handbred Old English
- handcosp Old English
- handgeweorc Old English
- handgewrit Old English
- handlian Old English
- handscyldig Old English
- handseax Old English
- handtam Old English
- handweorc Old English
- hæmedwif Old English
- unrihtwif Old English
- wifcynn Old English
- wiffreond Old English
- wifgemana Old English
- wifhad Old English
- wifhired Old English
- wifian Old English
- wifleas Old English
- wiflic Old English
- wifmann Old English
- wifscrud Old English
- wæpnedhand Old English
- wīf Old English
- hand Middle English
- hond Middle English
- honde Middle English
- wif Middle English
- *handu gmw-pro