Type Word Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled" [1][2]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Cultureswilde(Anglo-Saxon) wildi(Old High German) villr(Old Norse) Given Name DescendantsWilder(English) Vilde(Swedish) Surname DescendantsWild, Wilder(English) Wild, Wilder(German) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 579. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 454.
