meaning of the name

janhladik3

Hi,

in the publication "Ausführliche Nachricht von dem Leben und Charakter des Samuel Pomarius", the name Johann Iglo alias Jaschweitz is used. Does anyone know what "Jaschweitz" means?

https://www.google.cz/books/edition/Ausf%C3%BChrliche_Nachricht_von_dem_Leben_un/K9RUAAAAcAAJ?hl=cs&gbpv=1&dq=iglo+ladiver&pg=PA89&printsec=frontcover

Thank you

Jan

Richard E Mason

I believe it is just a name, but I am checking with some of my German friends in Germany

Julia Szent-Györgyi

Given its absence from the German name dictionaries, I suspect Jaschweitz is a Germanized spelling of a Polish (or possibly other Slavic) name, but I may be completely wrong.

Igló was a town in Szepes county, Hungary; it's now Spišská Nová Ves in Slovakia. The Hungarian placename-etymology tome only has guesses for the origin: either a Germanic given name, or a Slavic word meaning "needle".

janhladik3

Thank you both for trying to help me