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[Surname] Re: Washuk
in reply to a message by Marc
I agree on Ukrainian, but perhaps based in Eastern Poland, Ruthenian so-called. Wasiuk and Waszuk are found in Poland, and the -si- and -sz- are pronounced like -sh-. I'd guess a duminutive of Vasily, "Basil", certainly more Ukrainian than Polish.
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