Was Gretzky Polish, Ukrainian or Belarusian?

[njdevils1982]

Joao Tavares

f*** that guy

 

[brentashton]

Joao Tavares

Does he play with Paco Mathewnez?

 

[Your old Jofa helmet]

I think it is Russian for Son of Lavrenti. Lavrenti being a Slavik name.

I'll be that guy and say... Lavrenti is not a Slavic name, it's Latin and it's the same name as Lawrence or Laurent.
Vladyslav or Vsevolod are Slavic names.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Grecki is the Polish spelling, a noble family belonging to the Prawdzic lineage. The founder of Patek Philippe watchmaking company is also from this clan so quite possibly a distant relative.

is that the same last name as gorecki, like the composer? or are grecki and gorecki two distinct names?

 

[I Hart Conor Garland]

Start watching at the 38:00...

If you like, next time, you can set the video to start wherever you like. For instance for this one, after the YouTube link, you would add this:

&t=38m00s

YT link+&t=00m00s (set time to where you wish).

 

[the_fan]

Did Gretzky passed away or something? Why in past tense? Was Gretzky?

 

[kaiser matias]

Read The Killing Lands, that will help with your understanding of this

I believe you're thinking of *Bloodlands* by Timothy Snyder.

 

[I Hart Conor Garland]

All of the above, a PUBE ?

I have seen this post like eight times and I finally get it.

 

[Silky Johnson]

I'll be that guy and say... Lavrenti is not a Slavic name, it's Latin and it's the same name as Lawrence or Laurent.
Vladyslav or Vsevolod are Slavic names.

When does a word become part of a language. Pavel is the Slavic cognate of the Latin Paul but it's still in my mind Slavic. The word "wood" came from the Germanic "wudu" & Welsh "gwydd" but it is still english.

 

[Albatros]

is that the same last name as gorecki, like the composer? or are grecki and gorecki two distinct names?

Górecki is a different one, coming from the root góra, a mountain that is. Probably the first carriers lived in a corresponding place such as a locality called Górka. As members of the szlachta nobility Greckis belonged to Prawdzic coat of arms and Góreckis to Dołęga coat of arms, so also different clans if you like. The Prawdzic clan was mostly from what is today Belarus and the Dołęga clan mostly from Mazovia.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Górecki is a different one, coming from the root góra, a mountain that is. Probably the first carriers lived in a corresponding place such as a locality called Górka. As members of the szlachta nobility Greckis belonged to Prawdzic coat of arms and Góreckis to Dołęga coat of arms, so also different clans if you like. The Prawdzic clan was mostly from what is today Belarus and the Dołęga clan mostly from Mazovia.

ah thx for the fact check… although i was looking fwd to saying that in some circles wayne gretzky might not even be the most well known gretzky