Bizare news : The true meaning of the word wife

Everyone knows that wife is called the wife in Hindi, but do you know the literal meaning of Wife?

The word Wife in the Oxford dictionary means Woman that someone is Married to.

In Hindi, a woman whom someone has married, that is, a married woman is a wife.

Wife is derived from the German word Wibam, which means woman.

In history, the word means a woman, it has nothing to do with a husband or marriage.

Many other words also emerged from Wife, such as Midwife, Goodwife, and Fishwife. These words have different meanings, but none are related to marriage.