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(“wolfgang” is a german male ‘given name’ traditionally popular in ‘germany’ and ‘austria’)
(the name is a combination of the ‘old high german’ word wolf, meaning “wolf” and gang, meaning “path, journey”)
(besides the regular “wolf”, the first element also occurs in ‘old high german’ as the combining form “-olf”)
(“Wolf” (in Old High German) or “wulf” (in most other Germanic languages) is a popular element of the common dithematic ‘Germanic’ names)
(the word is present in hundreds of German names)
(some Germanic names with this element include ‘Adolf’, ‘Aethelwulf’, ‘Beowulf’, ‘Cynewulf’, ‘Rudolf’, ‘Wulfstan’, ‘Ulfilas’, and ‘Wulf’)
(“Gang” is found in such names as ‘Gangperht’, ‘Gangulf’, ‘Bertegang’, ‘Druhtgang’, ‘Hildigang’, ‘Hrodegang’, and ‘Wiligang’)
(the earliest reference of the name being used was in the 8th century)
(the name was also attested as “Vulfgang” in the ‘Reichenauer Verbrüdungsbuch’ in the 9th century)
(the earliest recorded famous bearer of the name was a 10th-century ‘Saint Wolfgang’ of ‘Regensburg’)
(due to the lack of conflict with the pagan reference in the name with ‘Catholicism’, it is likely a much more ancient name whose meaning had already been lost by the 10th-century)
(‘grimm’ (Teutonic Mythology p. 1093) interpreted the name as that of a hero in front of whom walks the “wolf of victory”)
(a ‘latin gloss’ by ‘arnold’ of ‘saint emmeram’ interprets the name as “lupambulus”)
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