Why do Polish last names end in "ski"?!


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Apparently, the "ski" ending was a sign of nobility attached to the end of the name. Ex. "Kowalski" came from "Kowal" (meaning 'blacksmith') + "ski" ending.

or..........

Q: Why do Polish names end in "ski" ?
A: Because they can't spell tobbagan.

there seems to be some disagreement over what "ski" means. Not surprised, but that's interesting. Report It


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  • Because they can't spell toboggan.

    Dont know the answer to your question but I am Polish, both my mother and father were born in Poland and my last name is Gendig... no ski there...sorry

    cause they don't know how to ski

    The suffix -ski is equivalent to "from" or "to come from". So for example, Gorski is "from the mountains".

    The -ski ending is of Bulgarian origin and not as common as other endings such as -ov or -ev.

    The -ski ending refers to the family and is sometimes added to the end of the founder of the family, and thereby becomes a last name. It's sort of like how in English there are last names like "Johnson" - meaning son of John, and this gets passed down. "McAllister" is another example from Scotland, meaning son of Allister.



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