Etymologia nazwisk ludności osiadłej we wsi Lewkowo Nowe w powiecie hajnowskim po II wojnie światowej

Abstract

The aim of this study is to establish the probable etymologies of the surnames of the inhabitants of Lewkowo Nowe, in the Hajnówka district, that appeared in this village after World War II. The encounter of two neighboring cultures – West Slavic and East Slavic – and their mutual interpenetration influenced the development of the surname system in the studied area. The largest groups of examined surnames are patronymic names of East Slavic origin with the suffixes -uk/-czuk and -owicz/-ewicz (40.48%) and the characteristic Polish toponymic anthroponyms with the suffix -ski/-cki (33.33%). Less numerous (26.19%) are surnames derived from appellatives. After taking into account the surnames used continuously since the establishment of the village to the present and the surnames that have disappeared, the distribution is as follows: patronymic surnames – 47.38%, local surnames – 32.38%, appellative surnames – 20.24%. The number of toponymic and appellative-derived surnames significantly increased after the Second World War as a result of the settlement of people from other regions of Poland in Lewkowo Nowe.