Wolf
m.
Old High German wolf, Gothic wulf 'wolf'.
Also used as a pet form of various names beginning with this element, such as Wolfgang.
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ● 1353 Wolf (nom) chlumecky 28, p. 22
- France
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- Latin
- ● 699 Wolfo (abl) DCEL-2 Add. X
- Germany
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- Early New High German
- ● 1497 Wolff Nurn1497 1181
- Sweden
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- Old Swedish
- ● 1383 Vlf SRA-vol2 no. 1900,
Vlfs (gen) ibid. no. 1905,
Wlf ibid. no. 1923,
Wlfs (gen) ibid. no. 1930
Preview. DO NOT cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Wolf". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2015/1/name/Wolf.