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English

Ratajczak

Ratajczak comes from Polish rataj ‘farmer, farmhand’, and goes back to Proto-Slavic *òrtajь.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*òrtajьreconstructed
  2. Polishmodernrataj‘farmer, farmhand’
  3. Polish, derivedmodernRatajczak
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*òrtajьreconstructed
  2. Polishmodernrataj‘farmer, farmhand’
  3. Polish, derivedmodernRatajczak
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname from Polish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *òrtajь / Ratajczak