Freie Universität Berlin places Middle High German WÎP before Early New High German WEYB and Modern German WEIB: the long vowel î diphthongizes to ei, while final devoicing remains pronounced but is no longer marked by p in modern spelling.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0905historical continuationestablished
A CLAIM
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A relationship—not a generated explanation. Both endpoints, every editorial field, every citation, and every dossier reuse are preserved below.
Weib
woman; wife; increasingly discriminatory term
OPEN NODE 909 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle High German · Middle High German · woman wife nounwīp
woman; wife
OPEN NODE 908 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
Woman and wife senses continue while current usage becomes obsolete, jocular, ironic, discriminatory, or derogatory.
Middle High German through Early New High German to modern German.
Duden Editors · Freie Universität Berlin Editors
established — The edge summarizes a published multi-stage continuation; it does not claim one instantaneous jump.
reviewed
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CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Weib — Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, HerkunftBedeutungen; Herkunft: mittelhochdeutsch wīp
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes both the historical form and the modern usage state.
Sprachwandel — Ältere deutsche Literatur und SpracheChronological sequence WĪB, WÎP, WEYB, WEIB; explanations of final devoicing and diphthongization
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the intervening written stages and the two named sound changes.
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EDITORIAL REUSE