MEANING OF THE SUFFIXES IN THE NAMES OF NATIONALITIES By Ivan Petryshyn We are trying to compare the suffixes used to denote naonalies in Ukrainian, Polish, Serbian, German, English, Lan and Italian. All the words are in Lanized transcripon for convenicence. Please, see the table for the conclusions. Ukrainian Polish Serbian German English Lan Italian Notes -an yn/- yanyn: Rymlianyn Polianyn - in: Krakowianin - ien: Albanien - en: Aegypten - ian: Ruthen ian (from Lan; used in -a: Hierosoly ma,orum - iano/ iana: Australian o/a -ano/a: Africano/a suffixes meanings : 1.seems that – an/enin/