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Sedlak or Sedlák may refer to: * Borek Sedlák (born 1981), Czech ski jumper * Oldřich Sedlák, Czech ice hockey player * Pavol Sedlák (born 1979), Slovak footballer * Tomáš Sedlák (born 1983), Slovak professional footballer ==Etymology== While some common surname dictionaries published in the United States and Great Britain often define the Czech term ''sedlák'' as 'peasant,' the original meaning of the word and derived name is 'farmer who owns his own land.' The Slavic root ''sed-'' 'to sit, stay' (itself from the older Indo-European sed 'to sit, stay') is in the first part of the social class term and surname, as a landowner "sat" or stayed upon the estate. The Slavic root "sed-" is also cognate with English 'sit,' 'settle,' 'settler,' 'saddle,' (etc.). A ''sedlák'' was a freeman and a comparatively rich landowner and owned large parcels of land, while the diminutive ''sedláček'' owned a smaller portion of land. As such, the ''sedláci'' (plural) were in a social class below the nobility and above the peasants, who were usually tenant (landless) farmers and serfs. Some Sedlák families in the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdoms of Poland and Hungary were given noble status. Today in the Czech Republic, the term ''sedlák'' has more of a rustic connotation, and when not capitalized (i.e. not a surname) means 'country person;' this is the origin of the incorrect translation in many surname dictionaries, while the definition of the term in Old Bohemian is the correct one, being the most relevant, as the surname, as with most in Europe, dates from the Middle Ages. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sedlak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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