[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] surnames ending in ski

[Jerry Frank]

I believe that the "...ske" ending is not connected as it is a Germanic 
ending - Jeske, Ganske, etc. though I suppose, in some cases, especially in 
North America, it may have been modified from an "...ski" ending as is the 
case with a U.S. variant of my Girschewski family - Geschefske.




At 01:23 PM 04/04/2005, gpvjem wrote:
>     Where does that leave those with a name ending in "e"?
>
>John Marsch
>
>--------------------
>
>To all,
>
>But according to my Polish/Ukrainian friend, the "ski" ending is Polish,
>and the "sky" ending is Russian or Ukrainian.  I am currently corresponding
>with a person who has a name that ends "skyy", so that must mean that he is
>doubly Ukrainian??
>
>Gary Warner
>Gig Harbor, WA
>
>At 08:38 AM 4/4/2005, Jerry Frank wrote:
> >Yes.  Both are pronounced "skee".
> >
> >
> >
> >At 08:32 AM 04/04/2005, Michael & Maureen McHenry wrote:
> >>Jerry is SKY ending just a variant?
> >>
> >>                   MIKE
> >>
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> >>Jerry Frank
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> >>Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] surnames ending in ski
> >>
> >>At 04:57 AM 04/04/2005, David Wade wrote:
> >> >Can anyone explain to me why it seems there are so many surnames from
> >>this
> >> >area that end in 'ski' or some variation of 'ski' (or is it my
> >>imagination)?
> >> >
> >> >Thank you,
> >> >Lois
> >>
> >>
> >>There are a variety of possibilities for this situation with respect to
> >>Germans in East-central Europe.  First, understand that the 'ski' suffix
> >>is
> >>equivalent to 'von' in German.  Like von, it can have two
> >>connotations.  One is nobility.  It implies that you are "from" a noble
> >>family.  The other is locational, implying that your are "from" a
> >>certain town.
> >>
> >>So how do peasant class people get such a name?  Several
> >>possibilities.  One might be that a noble family loses its fortune or
> >>the
> >>fortune gets spread thinly among the descendants so that they become the
> >>
> >>same level as peasant class people.  Another way was that a nobleman
> >>could
> >>grant the right for a peasant to use his surname, especially for some
> >>form
> >>of meritous service, perhaps in battle.
> >>
> >>Sometimes names evolved.  I have the surname Girschewski in my ancestry,
> >>
> >>German Lutheran for many years.  As best I can determine, the surname
> >>evolved out of the German name, Gersch.
> >>
> >>In other cases, ski was tacked on to the end of a German name that had
> >>been
> >>translated to Polish.  You can probably find some of those in the
> >>surnames
> >>equivalency list on the SGGEE website.
> >>
> >>Many of these Polish sounding names used by German ethnics (including my
> >>
> >>Girschewski) came out of the Kashubian region, mostly in western West
> >>Prussia but extending into eastern Pomerania.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
> >>FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca
> >>
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Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
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