wifcynn
Old English
noun
Definitions
- womankind, women
- the female sex
Etymology
Compound from Old English wīf (woman, wife, lady, female) + Old English cynn (race, kin, kind, family, quality, rank, pedigree, etiquette, sort, propriety, sex, offspring, people, generation, gender).
Origin
Old English
cynn
Gloss
race, kin, kind, family, quality, rank, pedigree, etiquette, sort, propriety, sex, offspring, people, generation, gender
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
家, 族
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- woman English
- *kunją Proto-Germanic
- *wībą Proto-Germanic
- broþorwif Old English
- cynn Old English
- deorcynn Old English
- ealdwif Old English
- fifelcynn Old English
- framcynn Old English
- frumcynn Old English
- gumcynn Old English
- hæmedwif Old English
- ielfcynn Old English
- mancynn Old English
- martyrcynn Old English
- unrihtwif Old English
- wiffreond 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
- wyrmcynn Old English
- wīf Old English
- kin Middle English
- wif Middle English