Mwallerby to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 days agoIt's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ringmessage-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up182arrow-down1message-squareIt's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ringMwallerby to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMwallerbyOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 days agoOoh 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·edit-29 days agoGerman 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…