Comment on It's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ring
Mwallerby@startrek.website 1 week agoOoh neat, think that’s from the same root as troth/betrothal in English too, proto German fir truth & fidelity
Comment on It's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ring
Mwallerby@startrek.website 1 week agoOoh neat, think that’s from the same root as troth/betrothal in English too, proto German fir truth & fidelity
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…