Where does “hild” come from?

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

hild (Old English): battle, war

Definitions

  1. battle, war

Ancestry of “hild”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hild”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hildiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hildi →