English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “battle” + “hand, protection”
Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *Hildimundu, from *hildi (“battle”) + *mundu (“hand, protection”). If the Latin form is reliable it would represent an early example of West Germanic *hildi shifting to the o-declension.
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: HildomundusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

