The Dictionary of Polish Place Names – Gociejewo (Szwelice Parish)

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 III of Nazwy Miejscowe Polski lists one place called Gociejewo which belongs to the Szwelice parish.

Nazwy Miejscowe Polski indicates that Gociejewo was in the Karniewo Gmina, Ciechanów Voivodeship in the years 1975-1998 and was located 10 kilometers southwest of Maków Mazowiecki. Mentions of the village include: Goscegow in (about 1240), Gosczyegewo in 1449, Gosczegeuo in 1454, Kosczegewo in 1477, Goszczyeyewo in 1497, Gosczyeyewo in 1510, Gosczeieyewo (!) in 1530, Gosczieiewo in 1582, Gosciejewo in 1783, Gościeiewo in 1827, Gościeiewo in 1839, Gościejewo in 1881, and Gościejewo, -wa, gościejewski in 1971.

The name of Gościejewo is from the name of a settlement Gościej, with suffixes -ów, -ewo.

Source: Rymut, Kazimierz, ed., Nazwy Miejscowe Polski (Place Names of Poland) – Krakow 1999, Volume III, page 276.

Click the link for a PDF copy of the Nazwy Miejscowe Polski entry for Gościejewo. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:

     Gościejewo (1), village, Ciechanów voivodeship, Karniewo gmina [in the years 1975-1998], 10 kilometers southwest of Maków Mazowiecki: Goscegow (about 1240) KMaz I 343; Gosczyegewo 1449 Pult 315; Gosczegeuo 1454 SHGMz(Ep. 5, 70v); Kosczegewo 1477 SHGMz(Ep. 13, 100v); Goszczyeyewo 1497 SHGMz(Ep. 15, 119a); Gosczyeyewo 1510 SHGMz(PT 1, 107); Gosczeieyewo (!) 1530 Pułt 381; Gosczieiewo 1582 ŹDz XVI 392; Gosciejewo 1783 MpPerMz; Gościeiewo 1827 Tabella I 139; Gościeiewo 1839 MpKwat IV 2; Gościejewo 1881 SG II 736; Gościejewo, -wa, gościejewski 1971 UN 129, 48. – From the name of a settlement Gościej SSNO II 179, with suffixes -ów, -ewo. Lithuanian: ZMaz 182.     Urszula Bijak

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