Where does “jat” come from?

jat (Dutch) comes from French jatte, from Latin gabata — A kind of dish or platter assumed to be made out...

jat (Dutch): hand; cup

Definitions

  1. hand; cup

Ancestry of “jat”, step by step

jat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French jatte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjattepan, bowl; skeel
2LatingabataA kind of dish or platter assumed to be made out...

via Yiddish יד

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishידhand
2Hebrewיָדhand
Every word from Latin gabata →Every word from French jatte →