# EuroHiT/Wife

Definition of the Concept: Words for 'husband' and 'wife' are most commonly from those for 'man' and 'woman'. Some are from the notion of 'master' or 'mistress' of the household. Many words meaning originally 'united, married, promised, companion', or the like are used for 'husband', and 'wife', mostly in pairs of corresponding masculine and feminine forms. These have not become the common, everyday terms but are often felt as the more refined. Some are in much more general use than others, and it is difficult to know where to draw the line in including them (Buck).

## Catalan
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Croatian
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Czech
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | žena | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 2 | manželka | ... | ... | ... | Buck |
| 3 | chot` | ... | ... | ... | Buck |

### Annotations
## Danish
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Dutch
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## English
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | wife | since OE wīf; MHG wife | ... | ... | Buck |
| 2 | cwēn | only OE | only OE | ... | Buck |
| 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

### Annotations
## Estonian
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Finnish
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## French
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Frisian
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## German
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | (ehe)frau | only NHG | only NHG | ... | Buck |
| 2 | gattin | only NHG | only NHG | ... | Buck |
| 3 | gemahlin | since OHG gimahala; MHG gemahele | ... | ... | Buck |
| 4 | OHG wīb, MHG wīp | only OHG, MHG | only OHG, MHG | ... | Buck |
| 5 | OHG hīwa | only OHG | only OHG | ... | Buck |

### Annotations
## Hungarian
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Irish
### History of Forms

| No. | Variants of Lexical Type | Chronological Data | Distribution | Origin | Sources |
| 1 | bean | since Ir. ben | ... | ... | Buck |
| 2 | cēile | only NIr. | only NIr. | ... | Buck |
| 3 | nuachar | only NIr. | only NIr. | ... | Buck |
| 4 | sētig | only Ir. | only Ir. | ... | Buck |

### Annotations
## Italian
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Ladin
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Latvian
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Lithuanian
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Maltese
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Norwegian
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Occitan
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Polish
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Portuguese
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Rumantsch
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Slovak
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Slovenian
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Spanish
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Swedish
### History of Forms

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

### Annotations
## Information on Other Languages
## Related Concepts

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