where does this name come from------- SavodnikasWww@QuestionHome@Com
Question Home |
Position:Home>Genealogy> Lithuanian names?Question: Lithuanian names!? where does this name come from------- SavodnikasWww@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It's not an ethnic Lithuanian name!. It's a Slavic last name 'Savodnik' with a Lithuanian ending -as!. We do that when translating/pronouncing foreign names!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Lithuanian family names have the Slavic patronymic ending -avi?ius, -evi?ius!. http://www!.lituanus!.org/1982_3/82_3_01!.h!.!.!. Lithuanian surnames (probably from emaitija!?) are short and end with '-kus': 'Butkus', 'Bartkus', Vaitkus', 'Vitkus', Jankus', 'Kartkus', etc!. http://www!.geocities!.com/cjzemaitis@sbcg!.!.!. Most popular Lithuanian surnames 2007 For men 1 Kazlauskas 2 Stankevi?ius 3 Jankauskas 4 Petrauskas 5 Vasiliauskas 6 ?ukauskas 7 Paulauskas 8 Urbonas http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/List_of_mos!.!.!. Kaunas Region (No!.22) Constituency List candidates of Lithuanian Democratic Labour Party 6 Darius SAVODNIKAS http://www3!.lrs!.lt/rinkimai/1995/savival!.!.!. I think it is fair to believe Savodnikas is a Lithuanian name !Www@QuestionHome@Com |