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ArchivesRe: Kurecka, meaning and origin in Czech, Slovakian, Moravian, Polish
in reply to a message by jstasney
So you're saying that not only was the lady called Kurecka but her father was too, so ruling out the idea that it's a feminine form of Kurecky?
Right, a couple of other thoughts. Kures - with a mark over the S and pronounced Kooresh - is a Czech surname derived from a forename we know as Cornelius. Kurecka is not so far from that, so a possibility that it has the same origin.
Kur in Polish means "cock" (male bird), whence a Polish surname Kurek. The Czech equivalent is kohout, but there are words in the Czech language that begin with kur, and refer to poultry.
The -ecka component presumably a diminutive.
Right, a couple of other thoughts. Kures - with a mark over the S and pronounced Kooresh - is a Czech surname derived from a forename we know as Cornelius. Kurecka is not so far from that, so a possibility that it has the same origin.
Kur in Polish means "cock" (male bird), whence a Polish surname Kurek. The Czech equivalent is kohout, but there are words in the Czech language that begin with kur, and refer to poultry.
The -ecka component presumably a diminutive.
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