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וועלוול
‘Velvel (man's name; diminutive of וואָלף)’

וועלוול
וועלוועלע
'Velvel (man's name; diminutive of וואָלף)'

ETYMOLOGY

MHG wölvelîn, diminutive of wolf, genitive wolves; the original /v/ is preserved only in the name -- the diminutive of the noun וואָלף has been regularized to וועלפֿל.

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

wolvəl {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 137}

CENTRAL

CENTRAL

avrum bejru gɩmpu duvɩd̥ haršu velvu zaˑvl xaskl tojvɩ jiˑd[l?] אַבֿרהם בערל גימפּל דוד הערשל וועלוול זײַוול כאַצקל טובֿיה יודל (alphabetical acrostic) {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}