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Wieland Test
Wieland is a Germanic name, from ''wela'', "battle", and ''nand'', "brave". The English form is Wayland (other), Wayland. *Wayland the Smith, Weyland the Smith, a smith in Germanic mythology Given name *Wieland Wagner (1917–1966), grandson of Richard Wagner Surname *Alon Wieland (1935–2022), American businessman and politician *Christoph Martin Wieland (1733–1813), German poet *Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877–1957), Nobel Prize–winning German chemist *Jan Müller-Wieland (born 1966), German composer *Joe Wieland (born 1990), American baseball player *Johann Wieland (born 1972), Austrian ski mountaineer *Liza Wieland (born 1960), American novelist *Melchior Wieland (c. 1520–1589), Prussian herbalist *Paul Wieland (born 1962), American politician *Rainer Wieland (born 1957), German politician *Wolfgang Wieland (1948–2023), German lawyer and politician Other * Wieland (novel), ''Wieland'' (novel), a 1798 novel by Charles Brockden Brown See also * Wayland (disa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Germanic Name
Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements ( stems), by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', meaning "noble", and ', meaning "counsel". The individual elements in dithematic names do not necessarily have any semantic relationship to each other and the combination does not usually carry a compound meaning. Dithematic names are found in a variety of Indo-European languages and are thought to derive from formulaic epithets of heroic praise. There are also names dating from an early time which seem to be monothematic, consisting only of a single element. These are sometimes explained as hypocorisms, short forms of originally dithematic names, but in many cases the etymology of the supposed original name cannot be recovered. The oldest known Germanic names date to the Roman Empire period, such as those of '' Arminius'' and his wife '' Thusnelda'' in the 1st century CE, and in gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |