Where does “Yankspeak” come from?

Yankspeak (English) comes from English Yank, from English yankee, from Dutch Janke, from Dutch Jan, from Norwegian Bokmål Johannes, from Icelandic Jóhannes, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Latin Iōannēs.

Yankspeak (English): The English language as spoken by Americans

Definitions

  1. The English language as spoken by Americans

Ancestry of “Yankspeak”, step by step

Yankspeak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Yank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYankA Yankee, a Northerner: someone from the Northern...
2EnglishyankeeA headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a...
3DutchJankeLittle John
4DutchJan
5Norwegian BokmålJohannesJohn; the name of several figures in the New Testament
6IcelandicJóhannes
7LatinIōhannēs
8LatinIōannēsJohn biblical persons
9Ancient GreekἸωάννης
10HebrewיוחנןYahweh is gracious
11Hebrewחנוןgracious, merciful, compassionate; passive...
12Moroccan Arabicخنونةmucus, snot
13Arabicخُنَّة

via English speak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspeakTo communicate with one's voice, to say words out...
2Middle Englishspeke
3Old EnglishspecanAlternative form of sprecan; to speak
4Old Englishsprecanto speak, talk
5Proto-West Germanic*sprekanto speak
6Proto-Germanicsprekanąto speak, to make a noise
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspreg-to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,...
Every word from Arabic خُنَّةEvery word from Moroccan Arabic خنونةEvery word from Hebrew חנון