wifely
English
/ˈwaɪfli/
adj
Definitions
- Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wifly inherited from Old English wīflīc (wifely, womanly) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wībalīkaz (wifely) affix from English wife (now-obsolete meaning m).
Origin
English
wife
Gloss
now-obsolete meaning m
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alewife English
- archwife English
- co-wife English
- cyberwife English
- ex-wife English
- farmwife English
- fishwife English
- goodwife English
- henwife English
- hotwife English
- housewife English
- hussif English
- hussy English
- huswife English
- merwife English
- nonwife English
- side-wife English
- stepwife English
- superwife English
- unwifely English
- wife English
- wife-in-law English
- wifeable English
- wifebeater English
- wifebeating English
- wifedom English
- wifehood English
- wifekin English
- wifeless English
- wifelet English
- wifelike English
- wifeliness English
- wifeling English
- wifelkin English
- wifeswapping English
- wifeward English
- wifework English
- wifey English
- wifie English
- wifish English
- wively English
- women English
- Weib German
- Weiblichkeit German
- weiblich German
- *wībalīkaz Proto-Germanic
- ワイフ Japanese
- wiflic Old English
- wīflīc Old English
- wif Middle English
- wifly Middle English
- wīblīh Old High German
- wīplich Middle High German
- weiblech Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- baiblich Cimbrian
- baip Cimbrian
- 와이프 Korean
- weiblich Pennsylvania German
- wife
- wifey
- hussy
- wifie
- women
- hussif
- wively
- wifish
- huswife
- wifedom
- wifekin
- hotwife
- alewife
- ex-wife
- wifelet
- merwife
- henwife
- nonwife
- co-wife
- archwife
- wifeable
- wifework
- wifelike
- fishwife
- wifeless
- goodwife
- wifeward
- farmwife
- wifehood
- stepwife
- wifeling
- wifelkin
- unwifely
- superwife
- cyberwife
- side-wife
- housewife
- wifebeater
- wifeliness
- wifebeating
- wife-in-law
- wifeswapping