płunianik / płunionik

Timoshka (asker) Jun 19, 2019:

@ geopiet and Andrzej Mierzejewski Thank you both for these explanations! The word was not familiar to me, and I had no idea about the alternate translation. Good to know!

Andrzej Mierzejewski Jun 19, 2019:

Geopiet is right: płóciennik (płuciennik in the older times) had two meanings - see
https://sjp.pwn.pl/doroszewski/plociennik;5473132.html .

At present, both these words are family names.

geopiet Jun 18, 2019:

re: drygoods merchant not only that, also "weaver", as a person who engages in weaving fabric ..

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płóciennik, czyli: 1. tkacz wyrabiający płótno, 2. handlarz płócienny, ten co sprzedaje płótno - http://www.genezanazwisk.pl/content/płóciennik

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Płóciennik = » tkacz* Pozn. I, 98. > Tkacz zowie się tu Płuciennik, - https://archive.org/stream/sownikgwarpolsk04kargoog/sownikgw...

Timoshka (asker) Jun 18, 2019:

@ geopiet and Frank Szmulowicz As noted in my original entry, the handwriting of this word was problematical. I enlarged the word and then studied it, stroke by stroke, to come up with every possible spelling combination that "might" be correct. With some effort, I'm now convinced it is written as "płuciennik," which I assume is an old spelling (or misspelling) of "płóciennik" (=drygoods merchant, according to The Kościuszko Foundation Dictionary.

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Jun 18, 2019:

Sam jestem ciekaw odpowiedzi. Co to może być, geopiet?

geopiet Jun 18, 2019:

re: "closed" Answer found elsewhere ... be a sport, and share what you've found ...