Sedlák

Sedlák (feminine Sedláková) is a Czech surname, which means a 'peasant farmer' or 'freeman farmer' who was relatively wealthy and owned his own land.[1] The name may refer to:

Sedlák
Origin
Language(s)West Slavic (Polish, Czech, Slovak)
MeaningOld Bohemian (Old Czech) for 'farmer who owns his own land' with the Indo-European raoot sed- 'to sit, stay'
Region of originCzech Republic (Bohemia and Moravia), Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Austria
Other names
Variant form(s)Sedláček (diminutive form)

References

  1. Dictionary of American Family Names. "Sedlak Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 17 January 2016.
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