merwife
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Noun[edit]
merwife (plural merwives)
- A mermaid.
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