Old English wīfman contains wīf as its first lexical component.
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wīfman
woman; female person
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedOld English · Old English · woman wife nounwīf
woman; wife
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Woman or wife combines with the separately modeled human-person component mann.
A morphological relation inside Old English, not a borrowing event.
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Woman — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: wīf woman or wife plus man human being
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes both compound components and their historical senses.
Woman — American Heritage DictionaryEtymology: wīf woman plus man person
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently supplies the compound structure.
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