Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Hildigardu
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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *hildi (“battle”) + *gard (“enclosure”).
Proper noun
*Hildigardu f
- (Elbe Germanic, Frankish) a female given name, equivalent to English Hildegard
Declension
| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *Hildigardu | |
| Genitive | *Hildigardā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *Hildigardu | — |
| Accusative | *Hildigardā | — |
| Genitive | *Hildigardā | — |
| Dative | *Hildigardē | — |
| Instrumental | *Hildigardu | — |
Descendants
- Old High German: Hildigard, Hiltigart[1]
- German: Hildegard
- → English: Hildegard
- → Polish: Hildegarda
- → Swedish: Hildegard
- German: Hildegard
- → Faroese: Hildigarð, Hildigerð
- → Old French: Hildegarde
- Middle French: Hildegarde
- French: Hildegarde
- → English: Hildegarde
- Middle French: Hildegarde
- → Spanish: Hildegarda
References
- ^ Altdeutsches Namenbuch, col. 673 (p. 352 of the PDF file)