Trude.
a female given name from German [in turn from Old High German, in turn from Proto-Germanic], equivalent to English Gertrude, originally a short form of names ending in -trud, especially Gjertrud.
Meaning & usage
a female given name from German [in turn from Old High German, in turn from Proto-Germanic], equivalent to English Gertrude, originally a short form of names ending in -trud, especially Gjertrud.
Where this word comes from
Possibly borrowed from German Trude, a short form of names ending in -trud, especially Gertrud. The element -trud is from Proto-Germanic *þrūþiz (“strength”), from *þrewwaną (“to grow, thrive”) + *-þiz (“abstract noun suffix”). In Gjertrud, the first element is ultimately from Old High German gēr (“spear”). Alternatively, the Scandinavian name may in some cases represent a variant of Trud, from Old Norse Þrúðr, from the same Proto-Germanic element. Compare German Trude, English Trudy, Danish Gertrud, Swedish Gertrud, Estonian Kertu and Icelandic Þrúður.
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