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Wolkwitz
Wolkwitz is a family name, or surname, of German/Yiddish/Western-Slavic origins.
Wolkwitz is a surname of German/Western-Slavic origin. "-witz" in this case is not the German word for wit/joke, but is a German variation on a Slavic suffix "-vich," "-vic," "-wits," "-witz," or "-wicz" (-wicz being a Polish variation) meaning "son of," "child of," "family of," "clan of," etc. Having the suffix "-witz" at the end of a surname usually signifies heritage from the Western-Slavic peoples of Pomerania, or elsewhere in Eastern Germany.
People with "-witz" surnames would be more likely to have ancestry from parts of East Germany. Although original bearers of a surname with such a suffix would have been predominantly Christian, many Jewish families with German ancestry also carry a "-witz" suffix, likely from being forced to take a more "German-sounding" name by the authorities back then.[citation needed] In the 20th century some members of the Volkovitz family living in New York changed their last name to Walker to avoid being treated poorly by those who held anti-Semitic beliefs, although most people with such prefixes in their names might not be Jewish at all.
"Wolk," in this case, could be a misspelling of the German word Volk, meaning "people" or "nation." Much more likely, however, is that "Wolk" is derived from a Polabian Slavic word for "Wolf." This is more likely because a Slavic word (Wolk = Wolf) would be paired with a Slavic suffix (-witz = family of -), instead of the odd pairing of a misspelled German word (Wolk = Volk = People) with the Slavic suffix.
The surname could be related to, or a branch of the surnames Wolkowitz, Volkwitz, and Volkowitz (likely a result of poor documentation over time or variation in spelling in differing regions of Germany).
The most accurate translation of the meaning of Wolkwitz would be "Family of the Wolf", or "Son of the Wolf".
The origin of the Wolkwitz family/surname comes from the area of Pomerania and is tied to the history of the Pomeranian tribes known as the Veleti. Pomerania is a region located on the Baltic Sea straddling the border between the modern states of Germany and Poland. The modern German Land of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in English would be called 'Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania'. The area of Western Pomerania became inhabited by Western-Slavic peoples known as the Veleti (also known as the Wiltzes and later Liutizians) after Germanic tribes moved south in the 6th and 7th centuries. The Veleti separated into a number of tribes after their central rulers were defeated by Charlemagne in 798. The four most important Veleti tribes were the Kessini, the Zirzipani, the Tollenser, and the Redarier (The Wolkwitz family probably originated with the Zirzipani, but may have had Tollenser ties).
The tribes were involved in trade with Scandinavians and other Baltic peoples, as well as conflict with the Saxons and Obotrites (another Western-Slavic people). In 936 the Holy Roman Empire divided Veletian lands into two frontier regions and placed Saxon nobles in charge. This led to the formation of the Liutizian alliance between the tribes, which met in the fortified temple-city of Rethra (modern-day Neubrandenburg). The Liutizian alliance lead a successful uprising against Saxon rule and regained independence for the Veletian tribes in 983, under the name of the Liutizian Federation. The Liutizian Federation briefly aligned with the Holy Roman Empire to defeat the Polish Piast Diocese of Kolberg in Eastern Pomerania in 1005. The Liutizian Federation fell apart in a civil war in 1057. Rethra, the former Liutizian capital, was then raided and destroyed by Saxons in 1069. After a few decades of raids by Danes and Saxons, the Liutizian tribes were essentially incorporated into the Obotrite Confederacy by 1093 and paid tribute to the Christian Obotrite Prince Henry.
Wolkwitz
Wolkwitz is a family name, or surname, of German/Yiddish/Western-Slavic origins.
Wolkwitz is a surname of German/Western-Slavic origin. "-witz" in this case is not the German word for wit/joke, but is a German variation on a Slavic suffix "-vich," "-vic," "-wits," "-witz," or "-wicz" (-wicz being a Polish variation) meaning "son of," "child of," "family of," "clan of," etc. Having the suffix "-witz" at the end of a surname usually signifies heritage from the Western-Slavic peoples of Pomerania, or elsewhere in Eastern Germany.
People with "-witz" surnames would be more likely to have ancestry from parts of East Germany. Although original bearers of a surname with such a suffix would have been predominantly Christian, many Jewish families with German ancestry also carry a "-witz" suffix, likely from being forced to take a more "German-sounding" name by the authorities back then.[citation needed] In the 20th century some members of the Volkovitz family living in New York changed their last name to Walker to avoid being treated poorly by those who held anti-Semitic beliefs, although most people with such prefixes in their names might not be Jewish at all.
"Wolk," in this case, could be a misspelling of the German word Volk, meaning "people" or "nation." Much more likely, however, is that "Wolk" is derived from a Polabian Slavic word for "Wolf." This is more likely because a Slavic word (Wolk = Wolf) would be paired with a Slavic suffix (-witz = family of -), instead of the odd pairing of a misspelled German word (Wolk = Volk = People) with the Slavic suffix.
The surname could be related to, or a branch of the surnames Wolkowitz, Volkwitz, and Volkowitz (likely a result of poor documentation over time or variation in spelling in differing regions of Germany).
The most accurate translation of the meaning of Wolkwitz would be "Family of the Wolf", or "Son of the Wolf".
The origin of the Wolkwitz family/surname comes from the area of Pomerania and is tied to the history of the Pomeranian tribes known as the Veleti. Pomerania is a region located on the Baltic Sea straddling the border between the modern states of Germany and Poland. The modern German Land of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in English would be called 'Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania'. The area of Western Pomerania became inhabited by Western-Slavic peoples known as the Veleti (also known as the Wiltzes and later Liutizians) after Germanic tribes moved south in the 6th and 7th centuries. The Veleti separated into a number of tribes after their central rulers were defeated by Charlemagne in 798. The four most important Veleti tribes were the Kessini, the Zirzipani, the Tollenser, and the Redarier (The Wolkwitz family probably originated with the Zirzipani, but may have had Tollenser ties).
The tribes were involved in trade with Scandinavians and other Baltic peoples, as well as conflict with the Saxons and Obotrites (another Western-Slavic people). In 936 the Holy Roman Empire divided Veletian lands into two frontier regions and placed Saxon nobles in charge. This led to the formation of the Liutizian alliance between the tribes, which met in the fortified temple-city of Rethra (modern-day Neubrandenburg). The Liutizian alliance lead a successful uprising against Saxon rule and regained independence for the Veletian tribes in 983, under the name of the Liutizian Federation. The Liutizian Federation briefly aligned with the Holy Roman Empire to defeat the Polish Piast Diocese of Kolberg in Eastern Pomerania in 1005. The Liutizian Federation fell apart in a civil war in 1057. Rethra, the former Liutizian capital, was then raided and destroyed by Saxons in 1069. After a few decades of raids by Danes and Saxons, the Liutizian tribes were essentially incorporated into the Obotrite Confederacy by 1093 and paid tribute to the Christian Obotrite Prince Henry.