CelloMike@startrek.website to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 年前It's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ringmessage-squaremessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up182arrow-down1message-squareIt's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ringCelloMike@startrek.website to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 年前message-square33linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCelloMike@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前Ooh neat, think that’s from the same root as troth/betrothal in English too, proto German for truth & fidelity
minus-squarebob_lemon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前German also has Trauring (and related words) going back to that root. Although it’s rather archaic and not used nearly as much as Ehe or Heirat. And then there’s Hochzeit for just the ceremony. I never realized how many words we use for wedding…
Ooh neat, think that’s from the same root as troth/betrothal in English too, proto German for truth & fidelity
German also has Trauring (and related words) going back to that root. Although it’s rather archaic and not used nearly as much as Ehe or Heirat. And then there’s Hochzeit for just the ceremony.
I never realized how many words we use for wedding…