Old Norse origin
Source-reportedPossibly from Old Norse hjalti (“from Hjaltland”), the Norse name for Shetland, or otherwise from the base of that name's first syllable, hjalt (“hilt”).
Sources for this account (5)
- Wiktionary: HjaltiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: HjaltiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- French Wiktionary: HjaltiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Polish Wiktionary: HjaltiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Turkish Wiktionary: HjaltiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
