[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Wilcziska = Witkowska

Günther Böhm GHBoehm at ish.de
Thu Apr 26 23:41:16 PDT 2007


Rachael Patterson schrieb:

>Can anyone tell me if the following transcribed name:
>
>Wilcziska is the same as Witkowska???
>
Hello Gilda,
definitely no!
WILCZISKA seems to be an American derivate of WILCZEWSKA, the female 
version of WILCZEWSKI which again derives from WILCZEW = 'of the wolves' 
(wilk = wolve).

WITKOWSKA is the female version of WITKOWSKI which derives from WITEK = 
'little Vitus'

Günther




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