köken: Probably borrowed from Middle Low German hȫge (“feast, banquet”); the vocalism may be explained by delabialization in the easternmost dialects of Middle Low German. Cognate with Ingrian häät, Karelian heät and possibly Võro hähk.
köken: Probably derived as a singular form from the plural, nunți, from an earlier hypothetical *nupți, from Latin nuptiae (“wedding”), from nupta (“bride”), from nūbere (“marry”). Compare Italian nozze, Aromanian numtã.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bírāˀtei Proto-Slavic *bьrati Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *borkъ Old Church Slavonic бракъ (brakŭ) Bulgarian брак (brak) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ Old Church Slavonic -ьнь (-ĭnĭ) Bulgarian -ен (-en) Bulgarian брачен From брак (brak) +…