Type Word & Element Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "wife, woman" [1][2]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Cultureswib(Old High German) Given Name DescendantsGenoveva(Catalan) Geneva, Genevieve(English) Geneviève(French) Genoveffa(Italian) Genovaitė(Lithuanian) Genovefa(Old Germanic) Genowefa(Polish) Genoveva(Portuguese) Genoveva(Spanish) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 584. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 464.
