DERENIEWSKI: from dereń (dogwood), a tree whiose berries are used in Poland to make dereniówka (a home-made cordial) Since -ewski names are usually toponymic, it probably came from some village called Dereniewo or Dereniew.
MARCHWIŃSKI: root-word is marchew (carrot); ideally this should be a name of toponymic origin from a place like Marchwin, Marchwina or Marchwiny (Carrotville)
MÓRAWSKI: this is tricky because it could be a misspeling of Murawski (from murawa = sod, turf, lawn) or Morawski (Moravian), an ethnic tag, to which a superfluous acute accent somehow got inadvertently added; most likely it arose as a toponmyic nick from paces in Poland such as Murawy or Morawy.
Does anyone have any input as to the possible origin (and therefore etymology) of the surname Momryk? As I understand it, it is traditionally pronounced Moomreek.
Part of the family still currently resides in the ancestral village (Czernilawa) which is now part of the Ukraine. I understand that when my branch of the family came to the USA, the village was actually part of Austria, then Poland and now the Ukraine. I'm not certain if the name originates from Ukrainian, Polish, Austria or some other language.
I understand from other posts in this thread that ryk is the Polish word for "roar, bellow, low"... not sure if that holds any bearing on it. It is also possible that the name evolved from another spelling... possibly Mymryk or Memryk. In the US, it has evolved into Momrik.
MOMRYK(?): no such surname used in today's Poland. But I would venture the guess that this was a local, dialectic from of the old Polish momrot (mumbling, muttering, speaking indistinctly). In modern Polish it is mamrot.
it brings to my mind only one assoiation - "Jutrzenka". Jutrzenka is the star (in fact planet Venus) which is seeable just before sunrise. "Jutro" means "tommorow".
Dolata is a a kind of surname derived from verb. Latać means to fly, "do" means "to". It would be something like fly to the aim of journey, to reach the the point by flying... but I'm not sure. Wait for Polonius3 he will tell you more reliable infos. What I can say is only that its quite rare form of surname but Dolata would be most popular from that group.
Edit. ok it's not so rare. In Poland, there is 5251 people with surname Dolata at least.
Zetigrek is correct Dolata is derived from "dolatać" meaning to reach one's destination, to arrive, presumably a nickname or topo, however Jutrzonka is more likely derived from a word "jutrznia" meaning dawn or from a RC early morning prayer to bless the new day in commemoration of Risen Christ which is also called "Jutrznia".
JUTRZONKA: root word is jutrzenka of which this looks ot be a dialectic variant; possibly toponymic in view of places in Poland called Jutrzyna and Jutrzenka and possibly more in the lost territories to the east.
DOLATA: probably from verb dolatać (to fly the final stretch if speaking of a bird). Since names sprouted up for so many often unexpected reasons, perrhaps someone known locally for frequently saying "Oby do lata" (I hope we make it through to summer) got dubbed Dolata.
What can you make of Dubiak? My great grandfather was born in Solinka and other familiy members from Zuella/Zvala which is over the border in Slovakia. My understanding is its Rusyn.
Wojewodzic. Apparently, here is the meaning of it. I got it from wikipedia
In medieval Poland a Palatyn (Palatinus) was initially the highest title at the King's court. Later, every local Prince had his own Palatinus, often the actual ruler of a Duchy. With the partial reunification of the Kingdom the ducal Palatini remained in their place and ruled the former Principalities (now renamed to Palatinates, Palatinatus) under the King. The title got merged with that of Wojewoda (Dux Exercituum, Herzog). A son of a Palatinus was titled Wojewodzic (Palatinida) and would often become a Palatinus at his father's death, but these titles never became officially hereditary and formally remained granted for lifetime by the King. Today, the palatinal families (rodziny wojewodzińskie, descendants of the Palatini), remain the highest strata of Poland's aristocracy.
PROWANCKI: probably traceable to the Franco-Italian border area known as Provenza in Italian or Provença (in French regional dialect). There may be an interesting story behind this family, its Polonisation and coat of arms. For more information please contact me
You will definitely find this surname in Ukraine, PennBoy. Regarding its origin, I found some ethymological explanations on Wikipedia:
The etymology of the word "hajduk" is unclear. One theory is that hajduk was derived from the Turkish word haiduk or hayduk, which was originally used by the Ottomans to refer to Hungarian infantry soldiers. Another theory suggests that the word comes from the Hungarian hajtó or "hajdó" (plural hajtók or "hajdók"), meaning a (cattle) drover.[3] Indeed, these two theories do not necessarily contradict each other, as the Balkan word is said to be derived from the Turkish word haiduk or hayduk (bandit),[1][2][4] while the Turkish is in turn believed to have been borrowed from Hungarian and to have originally referred to Hungarian mercenaries who guarded the Hungarian-Turkish border.[5] Families of Croatian descent with the same oral traditions of "mountain banditry" use the surname Hidek, a derived form of "hajduk".[citation needed] The Hungarian surname "Hajdú" also comes from the same source.[citation needed]
Ukrainian variant of "hajduk" is "haidamaka". Hope it helped.
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