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ERMIS/GERMIS: Quite possibly Ermis/Germis are two versions of the same name. Ermis probably dervied from the German name Herman. The letter 'h' often got dropped. In the Polish/Ruthenian broderlands names starting in 'h' often produced a 'g'. Hitler's nameis written as Gitler.
EICHWALDT is derived from the German word for oakwood; the proper spelling would be Eichwald without the final 't', but with names most anything is possible..
ZAWADA means obstacle in Polish. Zamada was probably a misspelling based on someone misreading the humps of the letter 'w'. There are dozens of localities in Poland called Zawada.
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Volhynian Czechs - Were did they come from?
Hello, my maternal grandmother is partially Czech (from Wołyń), and I've been wondering where her Czech ancestors came from. So far, I understand that most came from Moravia and Cieszyn Silesia? The "Czech" surname in our family is "Tuhy" which means solid, but the ancestor spelled it "Tugy", as a Cieszyn Silesian would. Anyway, do you know where the Czech settlers of Galicia came from? I know why already.
