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Question:Zegota. I found Zegota's in Poland and Russia but not sure what the last name is. They were gypsy's and was just wondering if it had a root word froma certain language like polish. Ex. Zembrzuski's root word is Zembrzus an infection that is in a horses gums in Polish, or an area in north eastern poland by a church.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Zegota. I found Zegota's in Poland and Russia but not sure what the last name is. They were gypsy's and was just wondering if it had a root word froma certain language like polish. Ex. Zembrzuski's root word is Zembrzus an infection that is in a horses gums in Polish, or an area in north eastern poland by a church.

As of 1990 there were 19 Poles named Rzegotka, living in the provinces of Bielsko-Biala 11, Krakow 6, and Nowy Sacz 2 -- all in southern Poland, near the border with the Czech and Slovak republics.

Names beginning with rzegot- or zegot- apparently come from ancient roots meaning "burn" or "stab," and the name Zegota is attested as far back as 1212. The -ka is just a diminutive ending, so that Rzegotka would mean "little Rzegota/ Zegota."

?egota was the codename for the Council for Aid to Jews (Rada Pomocy ?ydom), an underground organization in Nazi-occupied Poland from 1942 to 1945. It operated under the auspices of the Polish Government in Exile through the Delegatura, its presence in Warsaw.
The Council for Aid to Jews was the continuation of an earlier secret committee set up for this purpose, called the Provisional Committee for Aid to Jews (Tymczasowy Komitet Pomocy ?ydom), founded in September 1942 by Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz. Another well-known member was W?adys?aw Bartoszewski, later Polish Foreign Minister (1995, 2000). Made up of democratic as well as monarchist Polish Catholic activists, the Provisional Committee had 180 persons under its care within a short time. ?egota, founded in October of 1942, was a brainchild of Henryk WoliƄski. It included Jewish organizations, represented on the central committee by Adolf Bermann and Leon Feiner.

This may help: the "Gypsies" of eastern Europe were Jewish. The name might be rooted in Hebrew.