Where does “hildewæpen” come from?

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

hildewæpen (Old English): battle-weapon

Definitions

  1. battle-weapon

Ancestry of “hildewæpen”, step by step

hildewæpen 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 wǣpen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwǣpenweapon, penis
Every word from Proto-Germanic hildiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hildi →Every word from Old English hild →
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