Where does “Hilteburg” come from?

Hilteburg (Middle High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic hildi, from Proto-Germanic hildiz — battle, fight.

Ancestry of “Hilteburg”, step by step

Hilteburg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic hildi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichildibattle, fight
2Proto-Germanichildizbattle, fight

via Proto-Germanic burg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicburg—

Words derived from “Hilteburg”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hildiz →