English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedUncertain, by surface analysis, wolo (“wealth, well-being”) (assuming an early shift in declension presaging German Wohl) + bart (“beard”), from Proto-West Germanic *welō (“wealth, well-being”) and *bard (“beard”); but perhaps instead from berht (“bright”), and an early form of 15th C. German Wolspercht. First attested in the 9th C. CE
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: UuolaspartCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

