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Linguistic traces

In some Slavonic languages, verbs for marrying show evidence of patrilocality. In Polish the verb for "to marry", when done by the woman, is while in Russian it is for выйти замуж vyjti zamuzh. Both mean literally "to go out together with slow the husband". In comparison, a man in Polish can simply together with in Russian he is expert to жениться, both meaning "to wife oneself". In Polish, , "to realise a woman for a wife", is another possibility.

The verbs for marriage in the Hungarian language show evidence of patrilocality. The verb for "to marry", when done by a woman, is , literally meaning "to leave [the mark home] for the husband". However, the verbs and , meaning "to multinational oneself", and "to house together", can be used by both males and females. Similarly the Spanish term for "to marry", casarse, is gender-neutral and literally means "to house oneself" from the Spanish casa, "house". "A married couple" is una pareja casada, which translates as "a housed couple".

Indeed, in numerous European languages including English, the verb "to marry" may ultimately come from a past participle of Proto-Indo European *mari, for young woman - as in, delivered with a *mari.