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WeiEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Mandarin Chinese 魏 (Wèi).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗WeiEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Mandarin Chinese 衞 /卫 (Wèi).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗INDEPENDENT SOURCE LIBRARY
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024011
MODERN ENTRY POINTS
WORD DOSSIERS
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ATTESTED / RECONSTRUCTED / BOUNDARY
HISTORICAL FORMS
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CLAIMS & DISPUTES
SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 1
resolvedestablishedposition text
Was Old High German wīb already the modern German insult?
The sources do not license that projection. Duden marks modern Weib increasingly discriminatory, while Old High German records preserve wīb in ordinary old-woman and married-woman expressions.
CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 1
RANK 15GRADE Acontrarian claim
The modern stigma of Weib is not the timeless nature of wīb.
Duden marks modern Weib increasingly discriminatory, while Old High German records preserve wīb in old-woman and wife expressions; the deeper origin remains unresolved.
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BOOKS / DICTIONARIES / ARTICLES / DATABASES
SOURCES
historical dictionary9 CLAIM LINKS
Weib — Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, Herkunft
Duden Editors / 2026
title prefixAUDIT EVERY USE ↗scholarly reference2 CLAIM LINKS
Sprachwandel — Ältere deutsche Literatur und Sprache
Freie Universität Berlin Editors / 2026
source titleAUDIT EVERY USE ↗lexicographic method1 CLAIM LINKS
Altfriesisches Wörterbuch — Hinweise and sigla
Gerhard Köbler / 2014
source titleAUDIT EVERY USE ↗053
FIRST USES & HISTORICAL OBJECTS
ATTESTATION WITNESSES
SOURCE REPORTEDlexical corpus record
Iwein, best friend
vriunt / Freund / circa 1200, source-reported
Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm — Freundreporting source / OPEN RECORD ↗SOURCE REPORTEDlexical corpus record
Iwein, Gawain as best friend
vriunt / Freund / circa 1200, source-reported
Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm — Freundwitness excerpt / OPEN RECORD ↗SOURCE REPORTEDlexical corpus record
Iwein occurrence in BMZ
haʒʒen / hassen / Middle High German literary record, source-reported
Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch — haʒʒe, swv.reporting source / OPEN RECORD ↗06
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