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From: "JAN BANEVICH" <>
Subject: Re: [LITHUANIA] surname - Zupkus
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 19:29:35 -0800
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Oh. Ok, thank you David.

Jan
----- Original Message -----
From: David Zincavage<mailto:>
To: <mailto:>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [LITHUANIA] surname - Zupkus


No, it means that the protoplast of that family, the person whose nickname
became the root of the patronymic surname, lived in a part of Lithuania
where Belarussian was spoken.

----- Original Message -----
From: "JAN BANEVICH" <<mailto:>>
To: <<mailto:>>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [LITHUANIA] surname - Zupkus


> Thanks David.
> So, does that mean that the man my grandfather's sister married would have
> been Belarussian or Ukrainian and not Lithuanian but just living in
> Lithuania?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Jan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Zincavage<mailto:<mailto:>>
> To: <mailto:<mailto:%3Cmailto:>>
> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 8:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [LITHUANIA] surname - Zupkus
>
>
> Vanagas et.al. (1989) found 27 examples of Zupkus, 10 Zubkus, the
> patronymic root is the Belarussian or Ukrainian zub "tooth."
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JAN BANEVICH" <<mailto:<mailto:%3Cmailto:>>>
> To: "lithuania" <<mailto:<mailto:%3Cmailto:>>>
> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 11:47 PM
> Subject: [LITHUANIA] surname - Zupkus
>
>
> > Hello List,
> >
> > Can someone tell me anything about the surname "Zupkus"? I have just
> learned that this was my grandfather's sister's married surname.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jan
> >
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