English
Gildon
Gildon comes from Old English gylden ‘golden’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *gulþą ‘gold’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gulþą‘gold’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gulþīnaz‘golden, made of gold’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gulþīn‘golden’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150gylden‘golden’
- EnglishtodayGildon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gulþą‘gold’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gulþīnaz‘golden, made of gold’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gulþīn‘golden’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150gylden‘golden’
- EnglishtodayGildon
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘yellow’
fell, yellow, chlorine, gall, cholera, gullible, yolk, felon, glib, choline, zloty, chlorella, gilder, 27 more
through Proto-Germanic *gulþą ‘gold’
through Old English gylden ‘golden’
Today it means
name A surname from Old English.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *gulþą / Gildon