Comment on It's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ring

DarkMetatron@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Mwallerby@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  French as well - le bague de mariage

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• thelsim@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  In Dutch it’s called a trouwring, which as a verb literally translates to wedding ring, but as a noun also to loyalty ring.
  Which I find rather sweet.

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  • Mwallerby@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Ooh neat, think that’s from the same root as troth/betrothal in English too, proto German fir truth & fidelity

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    • bob_lemon@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      German also has Trauring (and related wird) 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…

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• josteinsn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  In Norwegian same thing: giftering, “the state of being married-ring”. Jeg er gift = i am married. It also means “I am poison”, though.

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  • DarkMetatron@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Is it then also the “state of being poisoned-ring”?

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    • josteinsn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      No, a poison ring is a giftring, without the e. Don’t know why.

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      • DarkMetatron@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Strange but interesting, thank you!😊

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