Re: Homosexuality and gender identity

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> I usually reach for _Weib_ when I need an example for this. Is there any
> explanation for this one to be found?
It's Proto-Germanic at least:  _wyf_ 'woman' in OE was also neuter.
There are no decent cognates in the other IE languages AFAIK, though
there are a few guesses about possible formal equivalents with drastic
semantic shifts.

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