köken: From Middle High German gemahel(e) (“bridegroom (bride)”), from Old High German gimahalo, from Old High German gimahalen (“to speak; (by extension) to be engaged under contract”), ultimately from Old High German mahal (“assembly; agreement, contract; covenant, marriage vows”).
yokefellow (close companion, co-worker, or mate) · spouse (husband or wife) · couple (husband and wife)
çekim: çoğul σύζυγοι · tamlayan συζύγου
köken: Inherited from Ancient Greek σύζυγος (súzugos, “mate, yoked together”), from συ(ν) (su(n), “together”) + ζυγός (zugós, “yoke, pair”), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, tie together”). Cognate with English syzygy, itself a borrowing from the related συζυγία (suzugía, “union, junction”).