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Wszołek (Polish pronunciation: [fʂɔwɛk] or [fʂɔɫ̪ɛk]) is a surname of Polish origin.
Pronunciation
There are two pronunciations for this surname since the letter
Etymology
Meaning #1
'Little louse' OR 'Son of a louse'
Unflattering nickname from a diminutive of 'WSZOL' (louse) and -dzyk, -czak, -czek, -ek, -ak which are diminutives, meaning 'little' or 'son of'.
Furthermore, the suffix -czyk, -yk, -ek was used during Medieval times to describe a profession as a diminutive, often, but not always, indicating a trainee - the learning assistant before achieving a full job title or seniority.
A Polish
cognominal surname (nazwisko przezwiskowe) derives from a person's nickname, usually based on his profession, occupation, physical description, character trait, etc. The occupational surnames often would come from the Medieval Polish serf-villages, where a whole village serving the prince, township or lord, or a few streets in a town block would be inhabited by the same kind of specialized workers, often a guild of professionals. These areas would often be separate from the rest of the town due to the danger of fire (bell-makers and smiths), area ownership by the guild, or due to unpleasant pollution (tanners, wool-workers). Such serf areas would bear the plural form of the profession name, such as Piekary (bakers), Garbary (tanners), Winiary (winemakers). Furthermore, the suffix -czyk, -yk, -ek was used to describe a profession as a diminutive, often, but not always, indicating a trainee - the learning assistant before achieving a full job title or seniority.[2]
Meaning #2
'Defender of all people', 'Defender of all men', 'Protector of all men' OR 'All holy', 'All sacred', 'All blessed'
1st part - 'Vse', 'Vše', 'Wsze', 'Wszo' & etc., meaning 'ALL' in Slavic languages.
2nd part - Olek being the Polish short form of Aleksander (Alexander) which means 'Defender of the people', 'Defending men', or 'Protector of men'.
Alternatively
Olek could come from Oleg which means 'Holy', 'Sacred', or 'Blessed'.
Geographical distribution
The surname is not that common compared to other Polish surnames and it's even less common outside of Poland (really rare). According to nazwiska-polskie.pl, there's a total of 2706 bearers of that surname in the country of which the vast majority is located in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and the Silesian Voivodeship.
The top 3 cities having the most people bearing that surname include :
There's a village in Poland named Wszołów.
Polish variations
Grammatical case | Example | Singular | Plural |
Nominative | To jest/To są | Wszołek | Wszołki |
Genitive | Brak nam | Wszołka | Wszołków |
Dative/Instrumental | Gratulujemy | Wszołkowi | Wszołków |
Accusative | Zapraszamy | Wszołka | Wszołków |
Ablative | Razem z | Wszołkiem | Wszołkami |
Locative | Pamiętamy o | Wszołku | Wszołkach |
Vocative | Oj, ty!/Oj, wy! | Wszołku | Wszołkowie |
Orthography
Script | Transliteration |
Latin (Slavic) | Wszołek/Wšołek/Všolek |
Cyrillic | Вшолэк |
Glagolitic | ⰂⰞⰑⰎⰅⰍ |
Notable people
- Paweł Wszołek, Polish footballer
References
- ^ "Ł", Wikipedia, 2020-11-12, retrieved 2020-11-15
- ^ "Polish name", Wikipedia, 2020-10-28, retrieved 2020-11-16
External links