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Help[Surname] Shalak Albanian
I did research on this surname, for Ukrainian & Polish.
In 2019 some one else submitted Shalak with usage "Albanian". Does anyone know if this is Albanian surname? I did research in Cyrillic and because of this, it might not have come up with Albanian usage.
In 2019 some one else submitted Shalak with usage "Albanian". Does anyone know if this is Albanian surname? I did research in Cyrillic and because of this, it might not have come up with Albanian usage.
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Not about Shalak but Ślak - I can't find it as "cinder, ash".
Is it from polish dialect (f.e from one of eastern regions) or old polish?
The mention of word "Ślak" I found, looks like an alternative spelling of word "szlak" that means "trail/route/way".
https://glosbe.com/pl/pl/%C5%9Blak
https://sjp.pwn.pl/doroszewski/slak;5505446.html
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%9Blak
Here it says it's from polish dialect - "Kuyavia"(Kujawski)
https://nazwiska.ijp.pan.pl/haslo/show/name/SZLAK
*Ślak appears here in "historical records"
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https://nazwiska.ijp.pan.pl/haslo/show/name/SZALAK
Is it from polish dialect (f.e from one of eastern regions) or old polish?
The mention of word "Ślak" I found, looks like an alternative spelling of word "szlak" that means "trail/route/way".
https://glosbe.com/pl/pl/%C5%9Blak
https://sjp.pwn.pl/doroszewski/slak;5505446.html
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%9Blak
Here it says it's from polish dialect - "Kuyavia"(Kujawski)
https://nazwiska.ijp.pan.pl/haslo/show/name/SZLAK
*Ślak appears here in "historical records"
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https://nazwiska.ijp.pan.pl/haslo/show/name/SZALAK
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Polish Ślak "cinder, ash" is a borrowing from the German word Schlacke with the same meaning. It has a solid German etymology (from the verb schlagen "to punch, to hammer") so it is not a borrowing in the other direction.
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Thank you for correction
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Thank you nesstya :) I updated Shalak and Szalak.
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