re: Polish Occupation: Watnik

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Dear Evan,
I've also had instances where nothing is found using Polish/English
dictionaries or online translation sites. When that happens, I
frequently turn to Alexander Beider's Surname books as the next step.
So, looking up "WATNIK in "A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames From The
Kingdom of Poland." it says, "see WATA, which is noted in Beider's
book to be occupationally derived from the Polish word meaning
"cotton wadding."

From there I looked up wata in my favorite online translation site for
Polish, http://www.poltran.com and the word translates to "cotton
wool." As you can see this agrees with Alexander Sharon's response.

The point is, the surname encyclopedias are an excellent resource for
this kind of question, even when you have no background in the
language. Additionally, it will tell you which language the name is
derived from and in this case it was Polish.

Good luck with the rest of your search
Shelly Levin
crzprncess@xxxxxxx
USA
(Ukraine Kiev area): BERKA, BLAZ, KANTOR, KOTOVSKI, KVACHINSKI,
LEFELMAN, LUBARSKI, ROSINSKY, RUBINSTEIN, SHAPIRA, SHIFFMAN,
TITKOVA, VOEDNIK, WEISSMAN. (Lomza/Suwalki Gubernia, Poland):
DANOWSKY, ELSON, ELTERMAN, FABRYTZKI, FAJNTUCH, FROMSON, GABELMAN,
KUREJWOWSKI, LANGUS, LANGANS, LIPOWICZ, MILEWICZ, WILKOWSKY,
WITKOWSKY, ZLOTKOWICZ, ZUMERFELD. Anywhere: FLASTERSTEIN
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