wüset
noun
Meaning
- woman (adult female human)
Etymology / origin
From contraction of an underlying Old Frisian *wīveshāved (literally “woman’s head, wifehead”), from wīf + hāved, which has its parallels, albeit without linking-s, in dialectal Dutch wijfhoofd and the Sylt form above.
- wijfhoofd(nl)→
- wüset (North Frisian)
- Relations: cog
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