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Frouuihilt

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Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From frouwa (lady) +‎ hilt (battle) (reanalyzed as ō-/jō-stem), Proto-West Germanic *hildi.

Proper noun

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Frouuihilt f

  1. (Bavaria) a female given name

Declension

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The nominative form was without an ending in early Old High German times as is still evident in western proper nouns.

References

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  • Schatz, Josef, 1871-1950 (1907) Altbairische Grammatik, Laut- und Flexionslehre (Grammatiken der althochdeutschen Dialekte; I. Band.) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, page 27