Where does “hilderæs” come from?

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

hilderæs (Old English): charge, onslaught

Definitions

  1. charge, onslaught

Ancestry of “hilderæs”, step by step

hilderæs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English hild

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

via Old English rǣs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishrǣsrunning, race; a race, swift or violent running,...
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