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Kutzsche

Kutzsche, Kutsche ( ) or Kutscha ( ) is a surname of Upper Sorbian origin, a Germanized rendering of the Sorbian diminutive/nickname Kućo ( ; "the man from the house"), from the Slavic word kuča ("house"), that is found across Slavic languages. Its form is typical of Upper Sorbian family names adapted into German spelling conventions: the palatal ć was written as tsch or tzsch, and the Slavic diminutive ending -o was replaced with German -e, resulting in the ending -sche which is typical of Germanized Slavic surnames. The surname is historically concentrated in Upper Lusatia and adjacent parts of Saxony, Bohemia, and Silesia, areas with strong Sorbian-speaking traditions. The root word is widespread across the Slavic languages; from it developed diminutive or nickname forms such as Sorbian Kućo, with close cognates in South Slavic (Koćo). The root is derived from Proto-Slavic *kъtja (house).

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Kutzsche, Kutsche ( ) or Kutscha ( ) is a surname of Upper Sorbian origin, a Germanized rendering of the Sorbian diminutive/nickname Kućo ( ; "the man from the house"), from the Slavic word kuča ("house"), that is found across Slavic languages. Its form is typical of Upper Sorbian family names adapted into German spelling conventions: the palatal ć was written as tsch or tzsch, and the Slavic diminutive ending -o was replaced with German -e, resulting in the ending -sche which is typical of Germanized Slavic surnames. The surname is historically concentrated in Upper Lusatia and adjacent parts of Saxony, Bohemia, and Silesia, areas with strong Sorbian-speaking traditions. The root word is widespread across the Slavic languages; from it developed diminutive or nickname forms such as Sorbian Kućo, with close cognates in South Slavic (Koćo). The root is derived from Proto-Slavic *kъtja (house).

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  1. date of birth: 1954 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366304825

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