CelloMike@startrek.website to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIt's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ringmessage-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIt's called a wedding ring, but surely it should be called a marriage ringCelloMike@startrek.website to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareThelsim@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIn 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.
minus-squareCelloMike@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agoOoh neat, think that’s from the same root as troth/betrothal in English too, proto German for truth & fidelity
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.
Ooh neat, think that’s from the same root as troth/betrothal in English too, proto German for truth & fidelity