Where does “Hilbert” come from?

Hilbert (English) comes from Middle English Hilbert, from Old English hild, from Proto-West Germanic hildi, from Proto-Germanic hildiz — battle, fight.

Ancestry of “Hilbert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishHilbert—
2Old Englishhildbattle, war
3Proto-West Germanichildibattle, fight
4Proto-Germanichildizbattle, fight

Words derived from “Hilbert”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hildiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hildi →Every word from Old English hild →