wijf

/ʋɛi̯f/
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çoğulwijven

Tanım

•woman, potentially being as pejorative as bitch · broad, bint

Etimoloji

From Middle Dutch wijf, from Old Dutch wīf, from Proto-West Germanic *wīb, from Proto-Germanic *wībą. While initially a neutral term for "woman", the word gradually acquired negative connotations in some dialects from the late 16th century onwards, developing over the centuries to the current situation in which it is generally regarded as a derogatory term in standard Dutch (although in some…