Cuadrado wrote:
>Hello
>does Germanic name Hild- can be connect with Celtic
>Kelt- = to strike?
>see here :
>http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=hild&searchmode=none
>
>thanks
The germanic Hild-
(or Child- for the Frankish spelling, e.g. Childeric
(king of the Franks), Childebert = Hilderich (king of
the Vandals), Hildebert, Hildebrecht)
means "fight, battle, struggle"; e.g. in Old High
German hiltja.
The article on the webpage with the URL above also says:
<<O.H.G. hild "war, battle.">>
[hild is actually in Old Saxon/Altsæchsisch]
George
PS1: Jordanes's Ildico/Ildiko (Attila's wife) is a variant
of Hilde or Hilda (e.g. Hildegard, Hildegund/e, Hildegundis,
Hil(d)tr(a)ud, Brunhild/e, Krimhild/e, Gerhild).
PS2: One Hilde & Ireland nexus: Hilde and Hetel
http://www.timelessmyths.com/norse/kudrun.html#Hilde
http://www.timelessmyths.com/norse/kudrun.html