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It's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ring (startrek.website)
submitted 2 months ago by Mwallerby@startrek.website to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Like engagement rings denote the engagement... Maybe it's just English being its usual mess

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[โ€“] Mwallerby@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[โ€“] bob_lemon@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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...