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in reply to a message by Jim Young
Thanks so much Jim. After reading some of the responses on this site, I -think- I may begin to have a clue about Passuth. It seems that 'uth' is Old English, derived from old high german, meaning south or southern. 'Pas' is slovak for sea or seaward. The earliest Passuth I was able to find dated prior to 1790, so I'm thinking perhaps the family was from the southern coast, when the area was Austria/Hungry. I have to get the immigration records I have out. What are your thoughts?
Pretty funny about the Dziuba! Luckily, the things have been watered down over the generations!
Pretty funny about the Dziuba! Luckily, the things have been watered down over the generations!
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To be honest I can't pin this name down at all. I'm not sure if it's Slavic, Hungarian or something else. It does remind me of the name of the great Hungarian patriot, Lajos Kossuth - same ending. But Kossuth was of Slovak ancestry and his name was really Slovakian, Košút.
I thought at first that it might have an Easter connection, like Paschal and lots of other names beginning with Pas, but I don't think it's likely now I've checked in Hungarian and Slovak dictionaries.
I thought at first that it might have an Easter connection, like Paschal and lots of other names beginning with Pas, but I don't think it's likely now I've checked in Hungarian and Slovak dictionaries.
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There are a couple of Passuths that come in when I google, Kriztina Passuth a Hungarian professor and Laszlo Passuth an author. I've come across the name Kossuth several times, which is why I focused on the 'suth'. Several other posters gave great suggestions on looking at parts of the name.
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There is a surname, Passoth, which appears to be German. There are an estimated 200 people of that name in Germany, and something like 30 named Passuth. Of course the presence of both names could be a result of immigration, but there's also the possibility of a German origin for Passuth. Still no indication of meaning.
A lot of Hungarians had German surnames once, some still do. Same for the Czechs, though I'm not so sure about the Slovaks.
A lot of Hungarians had German surnames once, some still do. Same for the Czechs, though I'm not so sure about the Slovaks.
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Thanks so much for all your effort! That is very interesting and I agree, there may be a German origin.
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maybe jewish?? Pashut meand simple in hebrew and yiddish and i konw some Passuts in Haifa
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Thats very interesting. Is the Haifa in or near Hungary?
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No, Haifa's in Israel. :-)
I found a Slovakian Pašút by googling it, but it probably isn't very common, because I got only three results. Anyway, since it all seems to revolve more or less around Slovakia and Hungary, I suppose you can forget the idea of Old English ending... it's a completely different language.
One of the things I found, though, is some list of surname endings and according to how the other Slovakian surnames ending this way look, it's probably derived from a first name. Like Pavol, maybe.
I found a Slovakian Pašút by googling it, but it probably isn't very common, because I got only three results. Anyway, since it all seems to revolve more or less around Slovakia and Hungary, I suppose you can forget the idea of Old English ending... it's a completely different language.
One of the things I found, though, is some list of surname endings and according to how the other Slovakian surnames ending this way look, it's probably derived from a first name. Like Pavol, maybe.
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