Where does “Jan met de pet” come from?
Jan met de pet (Dutch) comes from Dutch Jan, from Norwegian Bokmål Johannes, from Icelandic Jóhannes, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης, from Hebrew יוחנן, from Hebrew חנון.
Jan met de pet (Dutch): John Q. Public, Joe Average, a hypothetical individual personification of the common man (or person, by extension)
Definitions
- John Q. Public, Joe Average, a hypothetical individual personification of the common man (or person, by extension)
Ancestry of “Jan met de pet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Jan | — |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | Johannes | John; the name of several figures in the New Testament |
| 3 | Icelandic | Jóhannes | — |
| 4 | Latin | Iōhannēs | — |
| 5 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 7 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 8 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 9 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 10 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |