{"id":24172,"date":"2026-01-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=24172"},"modified":"2025-12-26T18:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T02:57:06","slug":"the-dictionary-of-polish-place-names-pomaski-sikuty-pomaski-michali-pomaski-male-szwelice-parish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/24172","title":{"rendered":"The Dictionary of Polish Place Names \u2013 Pomaski-Sikuty\/Pomaski-Michaly\/Pomaski Ma\u0142e (Szwelice Parish)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Dictionary of Polish Place Names (Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em>) explains the origin of place names in Poland and details how the place name changed over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volume IX of Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em> lists one place called Pomaski-Sikuty. This entry is for a village which is now known as Pomaski Ma\u0142e and which belongs to the Szwelice parish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em>\u00a0indicates that Pomaski-Sikuty was in the Szelk\u00f3w Gmina, Ostro\u0142\u0119ka Voivodeship in the years 1975-1998 and was located 5.5 kilometers southwest of Mak\u00f3w Mazowiecki. Mentions of the village include Pomaski Micha\u0142i<\/em> in 1582, [Pomaski-Micha\u0142y<\/em> (Micha\u0142ki<\/em>), Pomaski-Sikuty<\/em>], Pomaski Sikuty<\/em> in 1783, Pomaski sikuty<\/em> in 1827, Pomaski Sikuty<\/em> in 1839, Pomaski Sikuty<\/em> in 1887, Pomaski-Sikuty, -mask -kut, sikucki<\/em> in 1971, Pomaski-Sikuty, -mask-Siku<\/em>t in 1982, and Pomaski Male, -sek -\u0142ych, pomaskowski<\/em> in 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 16th century, the village was called Pomaski-Micha\u0142y<\/em>. See below for the first part; the second part is from the personal name Micha\u0142<\/em> in the plural. From the 18th century, the second part changed to Sikuty<\/em>, from the settlement name Sikuta<\/em> in the plural.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Source: Rymut, Kazimierz and Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, eds., Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em> (Place Names of Poland<\/em>) \u2013 Krakow 2013, Volume IX, page 136.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click the link for a PDF copy of the Nazwy Miejscowe Polski<\/em> entry for Pomaski-Sikuty<\/a>. Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Pomaski-Sikuty<\/strong>, today Pomaski Ma\u0142e<\/em>, a village in the Ostro\u0142\u0119ka voivodeship, Szelk\u00f3w gmina, 5.5 kilometers southwest of Mak\u00f3w Mazowiecki: Pomaski Micha\u0142i<\/em> 1582 \u0179Dz XVI 392; [Pomaski-Micha\u0142y<\/em> (Micha\u0142ki<\/em>), Pomaski-Sikuty<\/em>] XVI AtMz 206; Pomaski Sikuty<\/em> 1783 MpPerMz; Pomaski sikuty<\/em> 1827 Tabella II 107; Pomaski Sikuty<\/em> 1839 MpKwat IV 2; Pomaski Sikuty<\/em> 1887 SG VIII 737; Pomaski-Sikuty, -mask -kut, sikucki<\/em> 1971 UN 129, 49; Pomaski-Sikuty, -mask-Siku<\/em>t 1982 WUN III 16; Pomaski Male, -sek -\u0142ych, pomaskowski<\/em> 1996 MPol no. 79, item 713. – In the 16th century, Pomaski-Micha\u0142y<\/em>; see below for the first part, the second part is from the personal name Micha\u0142<\/em>, in the plural. From the 18th century, the second part changed to Sikuty<\/em>, from the settlement name Sikuta<\/em> SSNO V 75, in the plural. Lithuanian: ZMaz 303.     Urszula Bijak<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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