Where does “Hilda” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Hilda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHildaused since Middle Ages
2Old Englishhildbattle, war
3Proto-West Germanichildibattle, fight
4Proto-Germanichildizbattle, fight
Every word from Proto-Germanic hildiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hildi →Every word from Old English hild →
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