The story
- Old English · derived fromwīf“woman; wife”
- English todayWiffen
From Old English wīf (“woman; wife”) + -en (“diminutive suffix”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishwīf all →
wifeWestow
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wiffen
Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →
Old English wīf