I'm not an expert, but I suspect that it has something to do with wifmann, Old English for woman. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wifmann https://en.wiktionary.

I'm not an expert, but I suspect that it has something to do with wifmann, Old English for woman. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wifmann https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wifmann