The story
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰey-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeys-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰoysós
- Proto-Germanic*gaizaz
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂welh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂wl̥h₁-t-
- Proto-Germanic*wulþǭder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*welH-
- Proto-Indo-European*wélH-dʰe-ti
- Proto-Indo-European*we-wólH-dʰe-ti?
- Proto-Germanic*waldaną
- Proto-Germanic*waldaz
- Proto-Germanic*Gaizawaldaz
- Frankish*Gaiʀawald
- Old FrenchGerald
- EnglishGerald
- English todayGeralds
From Gerald + -s (patronymic suffix). From Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Frankish.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.