Kutz

Kutz (Kuts, Kuz, Coots) - is a German surname. The origin of the family name was debated. Some time ago it was considered that this word is thought to be derived from the Middle High German word "kötze" or “kütze”, which means a woven basket (Tragekorb) or a kind of a coarse woolen garment (Oberkleid),.[1][2] Subsequently, the name was believed to derive from the Old Polish–Lithuanian word "kucina", which means a cudgel looked weapon. However, currently an opinion prevails that etymologically the name “Kutz” is derived from the Old Proto-Germanic word “kūtiō”. According to the «Starling»-linguist's database,[3] this ancient word described the birds of prey, not specified by kind. During the 14-th and 18-th centuries the word passed a number of grammatical transformations from "kūtze" to "kutz", and finally into "kauz",.[4][5] At present, this word translates from German as "owl".[6] The last name Kutz was previously common in Prussia. In the period of 17 – 20-th century East Prussia was periodically captured by Poland, Germany or The Russian Empire,.[7][8] Probably for this reason, many Prussian surnames, including “Kutz” spread throughout central and eastern Europe, involving Poland, Ukraine and Russia.

Famous people possessing of the surname:

  • George (Coots) Kutz (18th century), founder of the city named in his honor Kutztown (the U.S. state of Pennsylvania).
  • Charles Willauer Kutz (1870–1951), General USArmy, American politician, President of the District of Columbia Board.
  • Harry D. Kutz (1873 - 1934), American Democratic politician, Member of Pennsylvania State Senate.
  • Harry Russel Kutz (1889-1976), American Brigadier-General, the Chief of Military Plans & Training service, the Chief of Ordnance.
  • Willi Kutz (1904–1945), German politician, resistance fighter against the national socialism.
  • J. Fred (Kutz) Coots (1897 – 1985), American songwriter. He composed over 700 popular songs and Broadway shows. His hit "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town” became one of the biggest sellers in American history.
  • Walter Kutz (1904–1983), German painter, decorator, architect.
  • Karina Kutz (1910–1985), German opera singer (soprano).
  • James (Kutz) Coots, American actor, known for such films as Studio One (1948), The Big Story (1949) and The Ford Theatre Hour (1948).
  • Otto Przywara-Kutz (1914 - 2001), German athlete, swimmer.
  • Artur Kutz (1925–2008), German philanthropist, the founder of a Bamberg's museum "Communication Technology and History".
  • Volodymyr Petrovych (Kuts) Kutz (1927—1975), World War II veteran, Soviet long-distance runner and athletics coach, Olympic champion who won gold medals for both the 5,000- and 10,000-metre races at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.
  • Joseph E. Kutz (1929), World-renowned American orthopedists and hand surgeon.
  • Kazimierz Julian Kutz (1929), Polish film director, author, journalist and politician, one of the representatives of the Polish Film School and a deputy speaker of the Senate of Poland.
  • Fritz Kutz (1933), German football player.
  • Helga Kutz-Bauer (1939), German sociologist, politician and writer.
  • José Nathan Kutz (1969), American scientist in the field of Mathematical Neuroscience, Professor within the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington.
  • Dr. Susan Kutz, Canadian biologist, Associate Professor at the University of Calgary, permanent member of the charitable society “Veterinarians without Borders”.
  • Joe Walter Kutz, Jr., American otolaryngologist at Children's Health, assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
  • Oliver Kutz, Italian scientist in the field of computational science, assistant Professor at the KRDB Research Centre for Knowledge and Data at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
  • Dieter Kutz, German scientist in the field of Physiology in Institute of Human Movement Science and Health in Chemnitz, Germany.
  • Prof. Dr. Gerd Kutz (1960), German scientist, an expert in the field of medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry.
  • Joe (Kutz) Coots, American film actor and Broadway actor.
  • Remo Kutz (1962), Vice-President of German association football club “Kickers Offenbach”.
  • Christopher Kutz (1967), American politician, philosopher and writer known for such books as “Complicity”, “On War and Democracy”, “Acp Philos of Law Part 2 St Anselm College” and some other.

The geographical and historical objects, as well as organizations and groups with similar name:

  • Kutz (K'utz) Chman, Ancient King who laid foundations for Mayan civilisation in 700 B.C.[9] There is deduced a very interesting intercultural linguistic relationship. “Kutz Chman” translates from the Mayan language as "old condor" or "old vulture", while the Proto-Germanic word “kūtiō” also describes birds of prey.
  • Kutz Canyon on San Juan River in New Mexico. This is a popular place for paleontologists, since rare fossils of extinct primates and viverrids were discovered in this Area,.[10][11]
  • The Rough Kutz, music ska band.
  • Kutz Music Co, Pittsburg's network of stores selling musical instruments.
  • Kutz-town University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Kutztown University or KU) is an American public university located in rural Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
  • URJ Kutz Camp, teen leadership camp in Warwick, New York (Union for The Reform Jewish Youth Movement).
  • KUTZ-LP, a low-power radio station (107.1 FM) licensed to serve Sacramento, California, United States.

See also

References

  1. ↑ KELL. erz. Erzählungen aus altdeutschen Hss. Ges. von A. von Keller. Stuttgart 1855 (StLV 35). (Sammlung von ca. 130 kleinen Texten, darunter viele Texte aus Cod. Karlsruhe 408 (Schmid, Cod. 408))]
  2. ↑ Johann Christian August Heyse. Handwörterbuch der deutschen Sprache // 1833. Bd. I. Magdeburg. W. Heinrichshofen. P. 919
  3. ↑ “STARLING” or "The Tower of Babel" is a massive resource developed by Russian historical linguist professor Sergei A. Starostin containing huge amounts of information on almost all of Eurasia's language families
  4. ↑ “STARLING” or "The Tower of Babel" is a massive resource developed by Russian historical linguist professor S.A. Starostin containing huge amounts of information on almost all of Eurasia's language families
  5. ↑ Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm. 16 Bde. in 32 Teilbänden. Leipzig 1854-1961
  6. ↑ Dr. Olaf Anderßon, Cornelia Bretz, u. a. Streuobstblätter. Lüneburger Streuobstwiesen e.V., Ausgabe Nr. 3|2013, Seite.21
  7. ↑ Clark, Christopher M. 2006. Iron kingdom: the rise and downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674023857
  8. ↑ Lieven, Dominic. 2002. Empire: The Russian Empire and Its Rivals. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300097263
  9. ↑ Atwood R. Tomb of the Vulture Lord //Archaeology, Sept/Oct 2013, P.1-3
  10. ↑ Wilson R.W., Szalay F.S. New paromomyid primate from middle Paleocene beds, Kutz Canyon Area, San Juan Basin, New Mexico / by Robert W. Wilson and Frederick S. Szalay. New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1972., 18p
  11. ↑ Meehan T. J., Wilson R. W. New viverravids from the Torrejonian (Middle Paleocene) of Kutz Canyon, New Mexico and the oldest skull of the order Carnivora. Journal of Paleontology. 2002. 76(6):1091-1101
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