Ryska Pevitsa

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Name Inspiration

• Basic info about the name: Russian... singer/performer...

Given Name

• Ryska (f) -- "lynx." Ryska, second wife of Vatslav. 1297. [Khr 262] - from Wickenden 2nd edition

Byname/Surname

Pevitsa - fem. singer (masc. is pevets) - simple descriptive occupational byname.

• Documentation of that naming pattern below.
• Word documented to period (1499) in Словар Русского Языка XI-XIVII вв. - http://etymolog.ruslang.ru/index.php?act=xi-xvii

Examples of simple descriptive occupational bynames:

• Kuznets (m) -- "smith." Klementii Kuznets Sestorikov. 1466. [Tup 214]
• Kozhevnik (m) -- "currier." Mikei Vasil'ev syn Kozhevnik. 1573. [RIB II 93]
• Pirozhnikov (m) -- "pie maker." Ofonas Pirozhnik, craftsman. 1599. [Tup 304]
• Plotnik (m) -- "carpenter." Plotnik. 1371. [Mor 152]

All above from Wickenden 2nd edition.

Occupational Bynames in Medieval Russia by Paul Wickenden of Thanet - http://www.goldschp.net/archive/jobnames.html#music

• Pevtsova - expected feminine form of Pevstov - Singer (1545) [266]
• Domracheeva - expected feminine form of Domracheev - Player, domra (a stringed instrument) (1570) [72]

Combination

• Name elements are in the same language group.
• Name elements are well within 500 years of each other.