Where does the word wife come from?

Answer 1

Well, allegedly, it is derived from the word "wedd," which meant that a man would marry a woman and then pay the bride's father.The Groom would pay the bride's father so that he could marry her So basically,females were being bought and sold between the two men that supposedly loved her most;her dad and her future husbands.

Answer 2

From the Germanic and Old English word wif, which means woman;