Where does “Hilbert” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Hilbert”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Hilbert

Every word from Proto-Germanic hildiz