[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Zywiecka from Sawicki

[Günther Böhm]

Jan Textor schrieb:

>In my opinion Sawicki sounds more like a Polish surname than a Polish place 
>name.  You can read about the surname Sawicki here:
>http://www.polishroots.com/surnames/surnames_39.htm#SAWICKI
>
>I quote from that page:
>"Sawicki is a rather common name in Poland; as of 1990 there were 31,808 
>Polish citizens by that name, living all over the country. It is adjectival, 
>meaning either "of Sawic or Sawicz" or "from Sawica or Sawice or Sawicze" 
>(or some other place with a similar name)."
>
Hello Sue & Jan,
ŻYWIECKA / ŻYWIECKI are related to the formerly Galician town of Żywiec 
(Saybusch) which belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999.

Günther