of Polish Dog Latin peppered with "macaronisms" in everyday conversation. See also List of Polish titled nobility List of szlachta Lithuanian nobility Polish heraldry Polish landed gentry (Ziemiaństwo) Polish name Silva rerum Ukrainian nobility from Galicia Explanatory notes a. Estimates of the proportion of szlachta vary widely: 10–12% of the total population of historic Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, around 8% of the total population in 1791 (up from 6.6% in the 16th century) or 6–8%. References General bibliography Aleksander Brückner, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language), first edition, Kraków, Krakowska Spółka Wydawnicza, 1927 (9th edition, Warsaw, Wiedza Powszechna, 2000). . Żernicki-Szeliga Emilian v., Der Polnische Adel und die demselben hinzugetretenen andersländischen Adelsfamilien, General-Verzeichnis. Published by Verlag v. Henri Grand. Hamburg 1900. https://archive.org/details/derpolnischeade00szegoog (Ger). This is a reasonably modern and comprehensive list of 3000 Polish and settler szlachta families and their crests, sourced from, among others, Niesiecki, Paprocki and Boniecki. 598 pages. Accessed 2018-11-02. External links Association of the Belarusian Nobility Association of Lithuanian Nobility Central European Superpower, Henryk Litwin, Business Ukraine Magazine'' (bunews.com.ua), 2016 (PDF file). CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS 1180-1572: The Inexorable Political Rise of the szlachta Digital Library of Wielkpolska Descendants of the Great Sejm (genealogies of the most important Polish families) The Elegant Downfall of the Polish Sarmatians by Wojciech Zembaty on Culture.pl Alphabetical Lists of ennobled persons in Polish-Litvan Commonwealth during 1569-1792 Alphabetical Lists of naturalized non-citizens in Polish-Litvan Commonwealth during 1569-1792 The Polish Aristocracy: The Titled Families of Poland by Rafal Heydel-Mankoo The Polish Nobility by Margaret: Odrowąż-Sypniewska, née Knight The Polish Nobility Association Polish Nobility Association Foundation (Alphabetical Lists) Social class in Poland