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ossnhughie
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 3:39 am      Post subject: Dowiat surname
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Dear friends,

I have always wondered if the name Dowiat (sometimes spelled- Dowiatt) in my family tree is a Polish name or a Lithuanian name, does anyone here know for sure.


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Hugh

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Post Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 1:26 pm      Post subject:
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Have you seen this article? http://www.academia.edu/2219464/Surnames_of_Lithuanian_origins_in_Polish_anthroponomy
The distribution of the Dowiat surname in Poland https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Dowiat
There were also 12 Dowiatt.
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Post Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 5:00 pm      Post subject:
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Hugh,

I looked up in stankiewicze.com, and found 3 identical lines:

Dowiad - od litewskiej nazwy osobowej Daujotas, ta od daudis ‘wiele, dużo’ + jóti ‘jechać konno’.

Dowiat - od litewskiej nazwy osobowej Daujotas, ta od daudis ‘wiele, dużo’ + jóti ‘jechać konno’.

Dowiatt - od litewskiej nazwy osobowej Daujotas, ta od daudis ‘wiele, dużo’ + jóti ‘jechać konno’.

giving etymology from Lithuanian Daujotas, being composed of two parts, "a lot" and "horse riding".

FWIW.

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Elzbieta
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Post Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 5:19 pm      Post subject: thank you Elzbieta
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Great I guess that answers the question on the origin of that name. I forgot abou that website, thanks for the reminder. I also like riding horses, but not a lot though, my legs rear end can't take it. Smile


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