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Re: Zyłka, Steciow, Wasiow, Kuszpil, Dereń, Winiarka, Sawka,...

Michele4466 — Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:22 am

Author: Michele4466

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:22 am

Hello Mike. I would be interested in your connection to "Wasiow" surname as that is my paternal grandmother's maiden name. I have limited information on this family line. Anything you can provide would be helpful! My grandmother's father was Jan Wasiow and his mother was Catharinae Wasiow. He was baptized in Polana, Poland and noted as illegitimate so I assume that Wasiow is his mother's maiden name. Additionally, I have information that she came originally from Hulski. If any of this sounds familiar please let me know! Thanks, Michele

Re: Zyłka, Steciow, Wasiow, Kuszpil, Dereń, Winiarka, Sawka,...

katarzyna_t — Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:50 am

Author: katarzyna_t

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:50 am

Mike,
here is the continuation

Winiarka - indeed this surname might come from Polish wino - “wine” but also from winić - “to blame” wina - “guilt”.

Sawka - comes from Biblical name Sawa, Aramaic sāba, “old man, grandfather”, rendered in Greek as Σάβας [Sábas] and Σάββας [Sábbas], Latin Sabas and East Slavic Sava, Ukr. Сава [Sáva]. Sawka was a popular name for a Cossack.
See the distribution map of this surname: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Sawka
It is common in the whole Poland.

Reszka - accordingly to the "Hoffman's Polish surnames", this surname comes from Polish name of a breed of bird Raszka - Erithacus rubecula, known also as a Robin (here you can see the photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_robin , source: Wikipedia).
Polish word reszka means also "trails" - the reverse side of a coin.
Here you can find a map of distribution this popular surname: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Reszka

Szurgot - comes from Polish szurgać - “to make a scraping or shuffling sound”.
Listen how Szurgot surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): https://translate.google.pl/?hl=pl&sl=pl&tl=en&text=Szurgot&op=translate
In Geneteka you can find many indexed records with this surname from Jabłonica Polska and Malinówka: https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=eng&search_lastname=szurgot&search_lastname2=&from_date=&to_date=&exac=&rid=B&bdm=B&w=09pk&ordertable=[[0,%22asc%22],[1,%22asc%22],[2,%22asc%22]]&searchtable=&rpp1=150&rpp2=50

Najdecki - comes from Polish najdować “to find” or najda = znajda - “foundling”.
Najdecki surname also appears in the indexed records of Jabłonica Polska in Geneteka
https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=eng&bdm=B&w=09pk&rid=7876&search_lastname=najda&search_name=&search_lastname2=&search_name2=&from_date=&to_date=

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Good luck with your research!
Katarzyna Tonia

Re: Zyłka, Steciow, Wasiow, Kuszpil, Dereń, Winiarka, Sawka,...

Agnieszka Pawlus — Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:07 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:07 am

Mike,

I will try to reply you one by one, here are several surnames explained (to be continued...)

Zyłka or probably Żyłka is from Polish żyła- “blood vessel, vein” or “stubborn, pugnacious fellow”.

See the distribution map of this surname: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/%C5%BBy%C5%82ka. There are 30 people bearing this surname living in Brzozów, not far from Jabłonica.

Listen how this surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): https://translate.google.pl/?hl=pl&sl=pl&tl=en&text=%C5%BBy%C5%82ka&op=translate

Steciów: I haven't found the etymology of this surname, but there are others originating from Stec - the short form of the given name Stefan (similar surnames I have found are: Stećko, Steciuk, Steciak, Steczka)

Wasiów: this is the similar case as above. It might come from the Ukrainian given name Василь [Vasyľ], the similar surnames also coming from this name are: Wasylik, Wasylewski, Wasiel, Wasiuk, Waszut, Wasyk.

Steciów and Wasiów (with the ending -ów) can be also explained as the son of Stec (Stefan), the son of Vasyl (Stefanów syn, Vasylów syn).

Kuszpil is a very rare and nowadays there are only 3 people bearing this surname, all living near Poznań. See the distribution map: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Kuszpil. It might come from the dialect word kuśpiel- „a short knife".

Listen how this surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): https://translate.google.pl/?hl=pl&sl=pl&tl=en&text=Kuszpil&op=translate.

Dereń is in Polish and Ukrainian - „dogberry fruit or plant” . Nowadays there are 2615 people bearing this surname living in Poland, including the village Przysietnica, near Jabłonica, where it is very popular. See the distribution map: https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Dere%C5%84

Listen how your surname is pronounced in Polish (click on the “Listen” button): https://translate.google.pl/?hl=pl&sl=pl&tl=en&text=Dere%C5%84&op=translate

What might be also interesting the records from the Greek Catholic parish in Jabłonica are indexed in Geneteka: https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&rid=A&search_lastname=deren&exac=&from_date=&to_date=&w=09pk. You might check if your ancestors appear there.

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Zyłka, Steciow, Wasiow, Kuszpil, Dereń, Winiarka, Sawka,...

MikeBayko — Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:39 pm

Author: MikeBayko

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:39 pm

Hello, I have a lot of surnames that I would like to know more about as they are currently either ambiguous or entirely unknown in meaning to me. I decided maybe I should incorporate them all into one singular post so that I am not spamming 10 separate threads for the different surnames. These surnames are from the paternal line of my family from Jabłonica Polska/Malinówka in Podkarpackie and they were Greek Catholics if that is helpful information at all.

Zyłka

Zyłczycha

Steciow

Steciów

Wasiow

Wasiów

Kuszpil

Dereń

Dereńka

Winiarka

Winiarczycha

Sawka

Sawczyszyna

Sawczycha

Reszka

Reszczycha

Szurgot

Szurgotka

Naydecki/Najdecki

Naydecka/Najdecka

Thank you to anyone willing to help.