Czolgosz
Polish, belarusian or, less likely, German surname... Anyone knows its etymology?
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The name Czołgosz is definitely Polish. It's listed in Hoffman's dictionary of Polish surnames but no satisfactory origin is given for it.
but it shouldn't have such a complicated etymology... Doesn't it? I mean... Czol must be one lexeme and "gosz" must be the other lexeme... or "Czolg" and "osz"...
Polish "czołgać się" means "to crawl". There may be a connection.