PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
No direct ancestry is established. Merriam-Webster calls the comparison probable, while the secure reviewed line stops at Old English wīf.
/waɪf/ · noun
A married woman in relation to a spouse; inherited from Old English wīf, whose historical field included woman more generally.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Explicitly grades the comparison as probable rather than direct ancestry.
Probably akin to Tocharian B kwīpeDefines the secure reviewed horizon.
Etymology endpoint at Old English wīfKwīpe is a side comparison with its own boundary, never the parent in the dossier spine.