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Where does “trúðr” come from?

trúðr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic trūþaz, from Proto-Indo-European drūt- — jester, fool.

Ancestry of “trúðr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictrūþazshowman, actor, buffoon, jester, clown
2Proto-Indo-Europeandrūt-jester, fool

Words derived from “trúðr”

  • trúður
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