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Borrowed from Belarusianтрусь(trusʹ), or perhaps from Polishtruś. This word is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries as truš, trušs, later (18th–19th centuries) in competition with other borrowings (kraliņš from Russianкролик(krolik) or kaninķenis, kaninķins from GermanKaninchen). In the 19th century, the most frequent forms were trusis and trušis, also truše; only in the 20th century did the current form become dominant.
In English, rabbit is the preferred word when one does not want to distinguish rabbits from hares; in Latvian, zaķis(“hare”) is preferred, and trusis(“rabbit”) is less frequent. (Note that the Latvian Easter Bunny is in fact the Easter Hare.)
