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Czolgosz
by Getb2 (guest)
3/2/2013, 7:33 PM
Polish, belarusian or, less likely, German surname... Anyone knows its etymology?
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- Marc (picard)   +2
3/3/2013, 10:56 AM
The name Czołgosz is definitely Polish. It's listed in Hoffman's dictionary of Polish surnames but no satisfactory origin is given for it.
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- Getb2 (guest)   +1
3/3/2013, 11:37 PM
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"...
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- Jim Young (guest)
3/4/2013, 12:58 PM
Polish "czołgać się" means "to crawl". There may be a connection.
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