The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*gaizaz“spear”
- Old French · derived from[Term?]
- English todayGertrude
From Old French [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”) + *þrūþiz (“strength”) or *trut- (“maiden, dear”) ; name of a Belgian seventh century saint.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*gaizaz all →
goreGervase
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.