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Sedlák

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Sedlák
Origin
Language(s)West Slavic (Czech, Slovak)
MeaningOld Bohemian (Old Czech) for 'farmer who owns his own land' with the Indo-European raoot sed- 'to sit, stay'
Region of originCzech Republic (Bohemia and Moravia), Slovakia
Other names
Variant form(s)Sedláček (diminutive form)

Sedlák (feminine: Sedláková) is a Czech surname, which means a 'peasant farmer' or 'freeman farmer' who was relatively wealthy and owned his own land.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. "Sedlak Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 17 January 2016.

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