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Position:Home>Genealogy> Are there any families by the name BLUDDE in Germany?Question: Are there any families by the name BLUDDE in Germany!? Bindon Blood claimed the origins of the family were in Germany and tis is perhaps reflected in general dna klines observed within the broader family!. The origin of Blood is not Welsh as sites claim as it is derived of Bludde [a Germanis descriptive]!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The only way to confirm that your own name originated in Germany, is to do the research, and trace your family lineage!. There are no short cuts ! This is a partial etymology of the English word 'blood' (not the surname) Old English!. blod, from P!.Germanic!. blodam (cf!. Old Frisian!. blod, Old Norse!. bloe, Modern Dutch!. bloet, Old High German!. bluot, German!. Blut, Gothic!. blot)!. from PIE bhlo-to, perhaps meaning "to swell, gush, spurt," or "that which bursts out" (cf!. Goth!. blot "blood," bloma "flower"), from suffixed form of *bhle-, extended form of *bhel- "to thrive, bloom"!. The modern spelling in German is still 'blut'!. English is a Germanic Language of the Indo-European Family (as is German)!. Welsh is an Indo-European language but is less closely related to English than are languages like French, German and the Scandinavian languages!. Because blood has the same root in almost all European languages, it is not surprising that in countries which share a similar spelling of the word, it evolved into a surname with similar spelling, all during the same period in history!. Your dna is, almost, irrelevant with regard to your surname, my lineage, in England, goes back at least 750 years, roughly to the period in which the adoption of last names began in Europe, but my Y-dna is shared today with people in Germany who also have hundreds of years of history in that region!. This is one explanation of the origin of the surname in Britain, which I expect you have seen, it does not claim literally that the word 'blood' is of Welsh origin, simply that Blood as a surname in Wales, could possibly have also originated there!. Surnames of this type began to appear, almost simultaneously, all over Europe during the 13th!.and 14th!. centuries (1200-1400 +) Blood : This picturesque and interesting name of Anglo-Saxon origin, has three possible sources, the first being that it is an affectionate term of address for a (blood) relative, 'Now beth nought wroth, my blode, my nece!.' (Chaucer)!. However, this surname may also be a metonymic occupational name for a physician, one who lets blood, with the derivation for both instances from the Old English pre 7th Century 'blod', blood with the Middle English development 'bloden', meaning to let blood!. Blood (as a surname) may also be of Welsh origin, the patronymic (son of) form of Lloyd (with the prefix 'ap' or 'ab', meaning son)!. Among the two listed namebearers in the National Biography is one, Thomas Blood (1618-1680) an adventurer who attempted to steal the crown jewels, gained the favour of King Charles 11, and received back his Irish estates, formerly lost!. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Blod, which was dated 1256, The Assize Rolls of Northumberland, during the reign of King Henry 111, 'The Frenchman', 1216-1272!. I cannot find anything like Bludde, but I have found 'Blüte' and 'Bluth' in Germany!. Blüte and Bluth German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from Middle High German bluot, German Blüte ‘bloom’, ‘flower head’!. German: possibly from Middle High German bluot ‘blood’, an allusion to kinship or family, as in the name Jungblut!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |