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I'm looking for the surname with suffix '-witz' and their meanings

by hj (guest)

7/6/2016, 12:37 PM

hello,
i'm looking for the surnames
that have suffix "-witz",

i knew suffix '-witz' is a Germanized spelling of
Slavic surname suffix -wicz, -vich, and -vić (Serbian and Croatian), which means "son of",
and it's Patronymic.

so i'm already found like
Horowitz (son of Hor),
Rabinowitz (son of Rabbi),
Wolfowitz (son of the Wolf),
Berkowitz (son of Berke), etc.

but i want to find some more.

does anyone know some more of the surnames
with suffix '-witz' and their meanings,
and respond this question, please?

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- Hannah Willard (guest)

10/19/2022, 8:30 PM

My great great grandfather was Michael Kurkowitz wish I knew more about him

- Larry Anshewitz (guest) +1

8/11/2020, 6:00 AM

Looking for the meaning of Anshe as prefix to the suffix Witz

- Tara Anshewitz (guest)

3/19/2022, 10:27 AM

Larry,
I bet we are related. My father was Richard Anshewitz. He passed away last year.

- Dew (guest)

10/28/2017, 12:35 PM

Gudrewitz
Yushkewitz

- Jim Young (guest) +1

7/21/2016, 1:10 PM

Horowitz is not a son name. It is a German or Yiddish version of Horovice, a place name now of the Czech Republic. The basis of the name is hora, 'mountain'.
Berkowitz means 'son of Berek', The Yiddish for 'bear' with a Slavic diminutive ending. Bear was a substitute name for Issachar, I don't know why', and Wolf was a substitute name for Benjamin, as the biblical Benjamin was described by his father Jacob as "a ravening wolf".
Mankowitz is another -witz name, son of Manka, a Polish diminutive of Maria, also used for the Hebrew Miriam. The original Polish spelling is Mankiewicz.

- Lepic

7/21/2016, 7:20 PM

Here's the explanation I found for why 'bear' is the kinnui for Issachar.

tinyurl.com/zsu8hnn

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