Kossack Family History
Kossack Name Meaning
Germanized form of Sorbian and Polish Kosak or Kósak Czech and Slovak Kosák. Germanized form (variant of Kossatz) of Sorbian Kósac: status name from Lower Sorbian kósac ‘cottager’. North German: possibly also a folk-etymological adaptation of the Low German term Kotsasse ‘cottager’ (see Kotz ) to the ethnic name Kosack ‘Cossack’ (see Kozak ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022