Where does “Hilda” come from?

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

Hilda (English): used since Middle Ages

Definitions

  1. used since Middle Ages

Ancestry of “Hilda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhildbattle, war
2Proto-West Germanichildibattle, fight
3Proto-Germanichildizbattle, fight

Words derived from “Hilda”

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