[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] surnames ending in ski

[Nancy Gertner]

Since you don't specify "this area," I will assume you mean 
Germany-Poland-Volhynia, since that is the area covered by the list.

Ski being a common surname suffix in Poland, is found frequently in 
Poland and in places like Volhynia that were populated by settlers from 
Prussia (formerly Poland before partitioned by Austria, Prussia and 
Russia in the late 1700s).

There were some marriages between the German Lutherans that moved to 
Prussian  Poland and the Polish Catholics that lived there before the 
partitions.

Nancy

On Apr 4, 2005, at 5:57 AM, David Wade wrote:

> Can anyone explain to me why it seems there are so many surnames from 
> this area that end in 'ski' or some variation of 'ski' (or is it my 
> imagination)?
>
> Thank you,
> Lois