clever, wise midwife 4 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Derivation
language Dutch
lexeme 1 vroed
lexeme 2 vroedvrouw
meaning 1 clever, wise
direction
meaning 2 midwife
reference <personally collected data>
comment

A calque of Old-French sage-femme. From vroed 'capable, skillful' and vrouw 'woman'.

https://www.vlaamswoordenboek.be/definities/term/vroedvrouw

ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Derivation
language French
lexeme 1 sage
lexeme 2 sage-femme
meaning 1 clever, wise
direction
meaning 2 midwife
reference DAF: 432
comment

From sage 'knowing, expert, skillful' and femme 'woman'. First attested since 13th century. Cf. also sage-homme 'male midwife'.

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
lexeme 1 ḥakkīm
lexeme 2 ḥakkīmtā
meaning 1 wise, knowledgeable about

ܚ̈ܟܝܡܐ ܡܬܚܫܒܝܢ ܗܘܘ (ChronEdess 1:10)


The experts were deliberating.

direction
meaning 2 skillful; midwife

ܩܪܼܝ ܘܲܚܙܼܝ ܒܬܽܘ̈ܠܲܝ ܕܠܵܐ ܐܸܫܬܪܼܝܘ‏ ܠܚܲܟܼܝ̈ܡܵܬܵܐ ܕܲܐܬܪܲܢ (MaryJoseph 22)

ܩܪܝ ܠܢܫܐ̈ ܚܟܝܡܬܐ̈ ܚܙܝܢ̈ ܠܝ ܒܥܝܕܝܗܝܢ̈ 

ܚܟܝܡܬܐ̈ ܕܝܕܥܢ̈ ܛܟܣܐ ܕܢܩܒܬܐ̈


Summon our local midwives and see that my signs of virginity have not been undone.

Summon the wise women, they will see Me according to the their customs.

Wise (fem. Pl.) which know the [natural] order of women.

reference DJPA: 200b Jastrow: 461
comment

ḥakkīmtā is a fem. Sg. (litt. 'wise'), Pl. ḥakkīmāṯā

For more see https://cal.huc.edu/oneentry.php?lemma=xkym%20A&cits=all.

ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Derivation
language Sumerian
lexeme 1 zu
lexeme 2 šà-zu
meaning 1 knowing
direction
meaning 2 midwife
reference Attinger, 2023: 1254
comment

Literal meaning is 'knowing the inside (of the body)' [von Soden 1957/1958, 119–121; Sjöberg 1969, 142f.].