CDuda 1 | 1 20 Jun 2017 / #1I have begun learning Polish and plan to take it at my University, but I was wondering in what ways is my last name Duda used by modern speakers in Poland?I'm aware that it comes from Dudy meaning bagpipes, but I'm not sure if is used anymore
Lyzko 42 | 9479 20 Jun 2017 / #2Curiously, the German word for bagpipes is "DUDELSACK", but I doubt there's any relation:-) Your family name is common in Poland, I should think, also Dudek I've come across as well.
NoToForeigners 6 | 948 21 Jun 2017 / #3Curiously, the German word...Again. Nobody cares about German on this forum. This thread is about a word usage within Polish language not German. Jeez.Duda means bagpipe and that is probably the only usage of that word.
Atch 21 | 4159 21 Jun 2017 / #4Gosh Notty could you be any more ignorant. One of the very interesting aspects of languages is how they are connected and relate to each other. For example I once heard somebody speaking Macedonian and recognised some Polish words in there. Lyzko's example is very interesting. There are German borrowings used in the Polish language. Educate yourself with this lovely scholarly article on German loan words in Polish:ejournals.eu/SPL/2015/Issue-3/art/6441
kaprys 3 | 2101 12 Nov 2017 / #6Dudelsack is actually derived from Polish. :DDuda is mostly used as a surname nowadays. The instrument is referred to as dudy.
cinek 2 | 347 12 Nov 2017 / #7There's an old Polish canon about a duda who had got dudy from another duda (forgive the stupid video, just listen to the song)youtu.be/miv8ZhXRXpICinek
Ziemowit 14 | 4046 12 Nov 2017 / #8Dudelsack is actually derived from PolishWhere did you get that from?heard somebody speaking Macedonian and recognised some Polish words in thereNo surprise in it as Macedonian is a (southern) Slavic language. What were those words?
