Etymology

Wohl

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Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

Middle Low German wolt
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The story

  1. Middle Low German · derived fromwolt“wood, forest”
  2. English todayWohl

* As a German and Jewish surname, borrowed from the adjective meaning "good, pleasant" (see below). * As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German wolt (“wood, forest”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.