Gerhilt

== Old High German == === Alternative forms === Kaerhilt (Bavarian, 8th C. CE) Kerhilt (Bavarian, Alemannic, 8th-9th C. CE) Kerhild, Kerilt (Alemannic, 9th C. CE) === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *Gaiʀahildi, from Proto-Germanic *Gaizahildiz, from *gaizaz (“spear”) +‎ *hildiz (“battle”). Equivalent to gēr +‎ hilta. Cognate with Early Medieval Latin Gerhildis, Old Norse Geirhildr. === Proper noun === Gērhilt f (Alemannic) a female given name [8th–9th C. CE] ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: Gerhilt (12th C.) === References === Geuenich, Dieter, Ludwig, Uwe, editors (2019), “Lemmatisiertes Personennamenregister”, in Die St. Galler Verbrüderungsbücher (Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Libri memoriales et Necrologia, Nova series; IX) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 399: “g 44 gair~hildi”