Skutnik Family History

Polish: variant of Szkutnik, an occupational name for a boat builder from an agent derivative of szkuta ‘punt’. Polish: alternatively from a derivative of Old Polish skuta ‘work operating effect’.

Slovenian: nickname derived from skuta ‘disgust’ denoting an unpleasant repulsive person; or a derivative of the homonym skuta ‘curd pot cheese’ hence either a nickname denoting someone who loved to eat curd or a metonymic occupational name for a maker of it.