Now I want to know what Penzig / Piensk means. :)
It fits perfectly historically, because there was a migration from the Gorlitz, Germany area (near Penzig) to the Gorlice, Poland area (from where the immigrants to American came) during a major Jewish migration in the middle ages.
This is the most promising etymology yet.
This message was edited 8/25/2009, 8:28 PM