"merwife" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: merwives [plural]
Etymology: From Old English merewīf (“water witch, mermaid”), from Proto-West Germanic *mariwīb, from Proto-Germanic *mariwībą (“mermaid, siren”). By surface analysis, mer- + wife. Cognate with Old High German meriwīb. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|merewīf|t=water witch, mermaid}} Old English merewīf (“water witch, mermaid”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*mariwīb}} Proto-West Germanic *mariwīb, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mariwībą|t=mermaid, siren}} Proto-Germanic *mariwībą (“mermaid, siren”), {{surf|en|mer-|wife}} By surface analysis, mer- + wife, {{cog|goh|meriwīb}} Old High German meriwīb Head templates: {{en-noun|merwives}} merwife (plural merwives)
  1. A mermaid. Categories (topical): Merpeople

Inflected forms

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