Cizmar
The surnames: Cizmar/Cismar/Chizmar/Chismar (English), Čižmár/Čižmárova (f.) (Slovak), Čižmář/Čižmárová (f.) (Czech), Ciżmar (Polish), Čizmar (Serbian), Čizmar/Čižmar (Croatian), Csizmar (Hungarian), Čižman (Slovenian), Cizmar/Cismar (Romanian) and Cizmar/Cismar/Zhishman (German) are of occupational origin, literally meaning 'shoemaker, cobbler', from the word čižma, which means boot, and added suffixes -ar/-an, common in Slavic and Romanian languages.[1]
The surnames may refer to:
- Boris Čizmar, Serbian futsal player
- Albin Čižman, Slovenian slalom canoer
- Tomaž Čižman, Slovenian alpine skier
- Miloš Čižmář (cs), Czech archaeologist
- Josef Čižmář (cs), Czech folklorist
- Joseph von Zhishman (a.k.a. Josip/Jožef Čižman), Austrian lawyer and specialist in canon law
- Paula Cizmar, American academic, playwright and librettist.
References
- "List of family name affixes", Wikipedia, 2022-09-21, retrieved 2022-10-03
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Ciubotaru, Ciubotariu (borrowing from Slavic) | |
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