The Dictionary of Polish Place Names (Nazwy Miejscowe Polski) explains the origin of place names in Poland and details how the place name changed over time.
Volume IX of Nazwy Miejscowe Polski lists one places called Pomaski-Głódki. This entry is for a village currently in the Masovian Voivodeship, which belongs to the Szwelice parish.
Nazwy Miejscowe Polski indicates that Pomaski-Głódki was in the Szelków Gmina, Ostrołęka Voivodeship in the years 1975-1998. Mentions of the village include Głody in 1431, Glothky in (1454) 1456, Glothky in 1467, Glodi in 1467, in Glothcze in 1476, Glothcowo in 1499, Glodky in 1504, Glotki in 1513, Glothki in 1582, Głodki in 1827, Głodki in 1839, Głodki in 1881, Głodki in 1921, Pomaski-Głódki, -mask-dek, glódkowski in 1971, Pomaski-Glódki, -mask-dek in 1982, and after the change Glódki, -dek, glódecki in 1989.
Formerly named Głody, Głodki, from the name of a settlement Głód, Glódek. In the plural form, in the 15th century a variant with the suffix -owo also appeared. In 1971, the name was combined as Pomaski-Glódki, with the first part from the name of the neighboring village Pomaski Wielkie. Currently, the official name is Glódki.
Source: Rymut, Kazimierz and Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, eds., Nazwy Miejscowe Polski (Place Names of Poland) – Krakow 2013, Volume IX, page 136.
Click the link for a PDF copy of the Nazwy Miejscowe Polski entry for Pomaski-Głódki. Translated rom the Polish, the entry reads:
Pomaski-Głódki, today Glódki, a village in the Ostrołęka voivodeship, Szelków gmina, 6.5 km south of Maków Mazowiecki: Głody 1431 MkM II no. 318; Glothky (1454) 1456 SHGMz (MK 4, 16); Glothky 1467 SHGMz (MK 5, 86); Glodi 1467 SHGMz (MK 5, 86); in Glothcze 1476 SHGMz (Ep. 13, 31v); Glothcowo 1499 SHGMz (Ep. 16, 9v); Glodky 1504 SHGMz (Ep. 149, 89); Glotki 1513 SHGMz (PT 1, 186); Glothki 1582 ŹDzXVI 392; Głodki 1827 Tabella I 129; Głodki 1839 MpKwat IV 2; Głodki 1881 SG II 602; Głodki 1921 Sk I 77; Pomaski-Głódki, -mask-dek, glódkowski 1971 UN 129, 49; Pomaski-Glódki, -mask-dek 1982 WUN III 16; after the change Glódki, -dek, glódecki 1989 MPol no. 42, item 338. – Formerly named Głody, Głodki, from the name of a settlement Głód, Glódek RymSEN I 242, in the plural form, in the 15th century a variant with the suffix -owo also appears. Since 1971, the name has been combined as Pomaski-Glódki, with the first part from the name of the neighboring village, see Pomaski Wielkie. Currently, the official name change is to Glódki. Urszula Bijak
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