My husband Mikolaj will be Knighted this January, woo hoo.
There is a lot I'm working on, and so I apologize as my focus on this researching blog for the next month will all be themed around his elevation.
My first project is his Knighting Name. Mikolaj's lineage has every squire taking his Knight's name upon elevation. Now, this isn't too hard with the vikings and the Normans in the clan...Ulfgarson, fitzHrothgar, and so on...but being Poles...well...this put us in a more interesting position.
Here are my notes thus far:
Patronymics:
-wic, -wicz (effectively son of)
ik,yk is a diminutive suffix, used with men's names.
Tom/Thomas in Polish
Tomasz, Tomek “Toe-Maczh”,
To wit:
Tomazwic
Tomazwicz
Tomekwic
Tomekwicz
Tomazik
Tomazyk
Tomekik
Tomekyk
However...
Thorkel is Thor's Cauldron.
Cauldron:
Kocioł “Cho-shol”
Kociolwicz
Kociołyk
Hmmm....
