Where does “Yankeetown” come from?
Yankeetown (English) comes from English yankee, from Dutch Janke, from Dutch Jan, from Norwegian Bokmål Johannes, from Icelandic Jóhannes, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης.
Yankeetown (English): United States
Definitions
- United States
Ancestry of “Yankeetown”, step by step
Yankeetown traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English yankee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | yankee | A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a... |
| 2 | Dutch | Janke | Little John |
| 3 | Dutch | Jan | — |
| 4 | Norwegian Bokmål | Johannes | John; the name of several figures in the New Testament |
| 5 | Icelandic | Jóhannes | — |
| 6 | Latin | Iōhannēs | — |
| 7 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 9 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 10 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 11 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 12 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |
via English town
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | town | A settlement; an area with residential districts,... |
| 2 | Middle English | toun | town |
| 3 | Middle English | ende | The end or finishing of a thing; the terminal... |
| 4 | Old English | ende | end, limit, border, corner |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |