Another monosyllabic base form for PSP

[Victor Steinbok]

My assumption was that this is exactly what would have happened or a
first generation daughter of Slavic immigrants would have a child of her
own who would be given her name rather than the father's (yes, these
things happen, of course). I was only remarking on my own experience.

     VS-)

On 5/7/2012 9:29 PM, Dan Nussbaum wrote:
> I'm not aware of any male bearing a family name with a feminine suffix.
>
> I have met some Americans of Polish descent who had family names with a fem=
> inine suffix. My WAG is that some female ancestor came alone with her child=
> ren and at Ellis Island when asked her name gave the feminine form which wa=
> s then given to the children.

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