Proto-Germanic: *xīwa-n, *xīwan-; *xiw=; *xīwVna-n; *xīwian- vb.
Meaning: husband, wife
Gothic: *hīwa-frauja m. (n) `master of the house as the host tj the guests; as master over family members and slaves'
Old Norse: hǖ-bǖli n. `Hauswesen'; hjū, hjūn, hjōn n. `Eheleute, Hausgenossen'
Norwegian: hibbel `schlechtes Unterkommen'; hjon
Old Swedish: hǖbǖle `Haus'; OGutn hī-skepr `Familie'
Swedish: hübble `Haus'; hjon
Old Danish: hjön
Old English: hīw-rǟden, -scipe `family, housejold, house', hī-rēd (hīrd) m. `household, house, family, body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, court, members of a religious house, company, band of associates', pl. hīwan (hīgan) `members of a household, of a religious house, family', hīwen, -es n. `family, household'; { hīwian }
Old Saxon: hīwa `Gattin', sinhīwun `Ehegatten'; gi-hīwian
Middle Dutch: hīe `Hausgenosse, Gatte'; hūwen, houwen
Dutch: huwen
Old High German: hīrāt m. `Vermählung' (11.Jh.); pl. hī(w)un `Gesinde, Ehegatten, Familienangehörige' (um 800); hī(w)o m. `Hausgenosse, Familienangehöriger, Gatte', hī(w)a f. `Gattin, Frau' (9.Jh.); hīwiski `Familie, Geschlecht, Haushalt' (8.Jh.); hīwen `heiraten' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: hī-bǟre 'heiratsfähig, mannbar'; hī-rāt st. m., f. 'vermählung'; hīwe, hīge, hīe wk. m., f., in pl. wk. n. `Gatte, Gattin; Hausgenosse, Dienstbote'
German: Heirat f.
