Given name
Prunhilt
“byrnie, chainmail”·“war, battle”
Prunhilt is a feminine given name from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Old High German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Prunhilt is built from elements meaning “byrnie, chainmail” and “war, battle”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Prunhilt’s family of names
In Old High German usage, Prunhilt shares a linguistic root with the Old Norse form BRYNHILDR. In Old High German usage, Prunhilt has a conventional equivalent in the French form Brunehilde. In Old High German usage, Prunhilt has a related form in Prunihilt.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Prunhilt has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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