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Subject: Re: dancsak/dansak?
Author: Jim Young   (guest, 87.102.8.244)
Date: April 30, 2007 at 6:57:23 AM
Reply to: dancsak/dansak? by blaaarg
Dancsak is a Hungarian spelling of a Slavic name. Danczak (Dañczak) is a Polish surname, Dancak (Danèák) is Czech or Slovak. My guess is that both names are patronyms, diminutives of either the biblical Daniel, or the Slavic Bogdan ("God gift").

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