Re: [tied] Re: Modern Greek patronymic suffix -POULOS

--- Jo�o_Sim�es_Lopes_Filho <jodan99@...>
wrote:

> Yes, patronymic is ver usual among the European
> surnames.
> Portuguese Joao : Anes/Eanes/Enes/Joao
> Spanish Juan : Yan~ez
> English John : Johns, Jones, Johnson
> German : Johannsohn, Johanns
> Scandinavian: Jansen, Jensen, Jonsson, Jansson,
> Jonson, etc
> Russian : Ivanovic^
> Czech : Janovic^
> Polish : Janowicz
> Greek : Iannopoulos
> Romanian: Ionescu

*****Ukrainian: Ivanenko, Ivanyshyn plus other
"combinations"

In that connection, I have a further question. I read
somewhere (I forget the source) that the suffix -KO
present in various Slavic names is supposedly of
Iranic origin. Is there anything to this?


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