Volog

Volog is a small settlement west of Šmartno ob Dreti in the Municipality of Nazarje in Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.

Name

Volog was attested in written sources as Wolog in 1231 and as Wuͤlog in 1383. The name Volog is derived from the noun *ǫlogъ, a dialect variant of *logъ ' meadow; grove', referring to the local terrain. This base form is also found in the Hutsul dialect word улога 'level field'.