R: kindly help with surnames

[Uladzimir Katkouski]

Paetkau / Petkau ?
It can very well be a Belarusan name, especially if it is a contemporary
spelling. Previously, I mean under Soviets, it would be written according to
Russian transliteration rules as Paetkov, Petkov. But current trend is to
transliterate directly from Belarusan. The last letter there is not normal
"u" but "u^" that is "u nieskladovaje" (non-syllabalic "u"), and "o" turns
into "a" thanks to "akannie", e.g. Iv'anov (rus)  becomes Ivanau (bel). I
hope this helps.

Uladzik
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http://www.geocities.com/uladzik


> It seems to be Rumanian origin.
> Katarina Peitlova
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > A colleague from another faculty has asked for assistance
> > in identifying the linguistic / geographic provenance of
> > the following surnames:
> >
> > Ckau
> > Paetkau / Petkau
> >
> > Please reply to Dr. Peter Paetkau
> > <ppaetkau at telusplanet.net>
> >
> > Thank you,
> > N. Pylypiuk

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