# EuroHiT/Marriage

Definition of the Concept: ....

## Catalan
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Croatian
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | brak | ... | orig. 'taking the bride', like 'lead the bride, marry' | prob. fr. berą, brati 'take' | Buck |
| 2 | ženidba | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 3 | udaja | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 4 | svadba | ... | ... | deriv. of ChSl. svatĭ 'kinsman', then 'one who promotes the marriage, matchmaker' | Buck |

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## Czech
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | manželství | ... | ... | ChSl. malŭžena 'married couple', Boh. manžel 'husband' | Buck |
| 2 | sňatek | ... | ... | orig. 'union'; cpd. of sŭ 'with' and jęti 'take' | Buck |
| 3 | ženitba | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 4 | vdavky | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 5 | svatba | ... | ... | deriv. of ChSl. svatĭ 'kinsman', then 'one who promotes the marriage, matchmaker' | Buck |

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## Danish
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | giftermaal | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 2 | œgte | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 3 | bryllop | ... | ... | ... | Buck |

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## Dutch
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | huwelijk | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 2 | echt | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 3 | bruiloft | ... | ... | ... | Buck |

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## English
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | marriage | since ME mariage | ... | ... | Buck |
| 2 | wedlock | since OE rarely wedlāc 'pledge' and 'espousals'; whence ME wedlock, NE wedlock | ... | fr. wedd 'pledge' with suffix -lāc, orig. same as lāc 'gift, etc.' | Buck |
| 3 | wedding | since OE weddung, ME weddyng | ... | fr. wedd 'pledge' with suffix -lāc, orig. same as lāc 'gift, etc.' | Buck |
| 4 | sinscipe | since OE weddung, ME weddyng | ... | cpd. of sin- 'everlasting' and scipe 'condition', hence lit. 'permanent state' | Buck |
| 5 | gifta | only OE | ... | ... | Buck |
| 6 | brydhlōp | since OE weddung, ME weddyng | ... | ... | Buck |

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## Estonian
### History of Forms

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| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Finnish
### History of Forms

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| 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## French
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | mariage | ... | general | ... | Buck |
| 2 | noces | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Frisian
### History of Forms

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| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## German
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | heirat | since OHG hīrāt, MHG hīrāt | ... | ... | Buck |
| 2 | ehe | since OHG ēwa, MHG (ē)we | 'law' and 'lawful married state' | ... | Buck |
| 3 | hochzeit | since MHG hōhzīt | lit. the 'high time', used of festivals like Christmas, Easter, also of the 'marriage festival' | ... | Buck |
| 4 | brūtlouft | only OHG, MHG | ... | cpd. of 'bride' and 'run', referring to the ceremonial fetching of the bride, this ultimately reflecting a primitive chase or robbery of the bride | Buck |

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## Hungarian
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Irish
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | pōsadh | only NIr. | general | ... | Buck |
| 2 | Ir. lānanas | only Ir. | only Ir. | deriv. of lānamain 'married couple', deriv. of lān 'full' | Buck |
| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Italian
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | matrimonio | ... | general | Lat. mātrimōnium, fr. māter 'mother', and orig. referring to the woman's lawful motherhood, married status, as opposed to concubinage | Buck |
| 2 | nozze | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Ladin
### History of Forms

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| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Latvian
### History of Forms

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| 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Lithuanian
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | (apsi-)vedimas | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 2 | ištekėjimas | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 3 | vestuvės | ... | ... | ... | Buck |

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## Maltese
### History of Forms

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| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Norwegian
### History of Forms

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| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Occitan
### History of Forms

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| 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Polish
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | malženstvo | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 2 | ślub | ... | 'vow', hence also 'betrothal' and 'marriage': poślubić 'betroth', cpd. of lubić 'like, love' | ... | Buck |
| 3 | wesele | ... | 'wedding', formerly 'merriment' | ChSl. veselĭje 'merriment' veselŭ 'merry' | Buck |

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## Portuguese
### History of Forms

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## Rumantsch
### History of Forms

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| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Slovak
### History of Forms

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| 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Slovenian
### History of Forms

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| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Spanish
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | matrimonio | ... | general | Lat. mātrimōnium, fr. māter 'mother', and orig. referring to the woman's lawful motherhood, married status, as opposed to concubinage | Buck |
| 2 | boda(s) | ... | general | fr. Lat. vōta 'vows' | Buck |
| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

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## Swedish
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | giftermål | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 2 | äkta | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 3 | bröllop | ... | ... | ... | Buck |

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## Information on Other Languages
## Related Concepts

(Cf. also the guidelines for the EuroHiT Project.)