Ruthenians, Lemko, Hutsuls, Boyki, Carpath.-Russ., etc.

[Prof Steven P Hill]

Dear colleagues:

Interesting and informative discussion this week about minority ethnic-
religious-linguistic groups bordering on Ukrainian-Russian-Slovak-
Polish-Hungarian, etc., areas.  Probably not much more to add to that 
learned exchange. 

But perhaps someone out there could comment on a Norwegian-
British male dancer and choreographer named TUTTE LEMKOW 
(1918-1991)? 

Should we assume that Tutte's surname has no connection with the 
East-Central European minorities, but instead may owe its origin to 
some Norwegian onomastic process?  Or is it conceivable that Mr 
Lemkow's ancestors in a century long ago migrated to Scandinavia 
from E.-Cen. Europe?  

Or perhaps the matter is  sufficiently complex to encourage us to 
withhold judgment on the source of the surname "Lemkow"?

Happy holidays to all,
Steven P Hill,
University of Illinois.
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