Wolfgang
m.
Old High German wolf, Gothic wulf 'wolf' + Old High German gang 'path, course, way, journey'.
The name of a 10th C saint.
Cf. Gangwolf for the same elements in reverse order.
- Germany
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- Early New High German
- ● 1429 Wolfgangs (gen) mairhofer DCCXXXII;
1497 Wolffgang Nurn1497 176,
Wolffganng ibid. 183,
Wolfgang ibid. 61,
Wolfganng ibid. 804
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Wolfgang". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Wolfgang.