Given name
Morwulf
“Moor, dark skinned person”·“wolf”
Morwulf is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Morwulf is built from elements meaning “Moor, dark skinned person” and “wolf”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Maurawulf, built from Proto-West Germanic *Maur (“Moor, dark skinned person”) + *wulf (“wolf”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Morwulf’s family of names
In Old English usage, Morwulf shares a linguistic root with the Old High German form Maorolf.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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