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My guess, and only a guess, from looking at Slavic sites is that it means "son of the fifth son" ...rationale ...Kins is closely associated with Quince ...both from Latin meaning "five" ....
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Slavic -ski or -sky endings do not mean "son of". Rather, they form a surname from a toponym, usually.
The surname Kinsky, in my opinion, is an englicized abbreviation of XXXkinsky where XXX can be anything. E.g., Pushkinsky.
The surname Kinsky, in my opinion, is an englicized abbreviation of XXXkinsky where XXX can be anything. E.g., Pushkinsky.
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