Where does “jenkkiviski” come from?
jenkkiviski (Finnish) comes from Finnish jenkki, from English yankee, from Dutch Janke, from Dutch Jan, from Norwegian Bokmål Johannes, from Icelandic Jóhannes, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Latin Iōannēs.
Ancestry of “jenkkiviski”, step by step
jenkkiviski traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jenkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jenkki | Yankee, American; USA |
| 2 | English | yankee | A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a... |
| 3 | Dutch | Janke | Little John |
| 4 | Dutch | Jan | — |
| 5 | Norwegian Bokmål | Johannes | John; the name of several figures in the New Testament |
| 6 | Icelandic | Jóhannes | — |
| 7 | Latin | Iōhannēs | — |
| 8 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 10 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 11 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 12 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 13 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |
via Finnish viski
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viski | whiskey/whisky |
| 2 | English | whiskey | A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of... |
| 3 | English | ey | An egg; An island; 1975 August 23, Black, Judie,... |
| 4 | English | they | A group of people, animals, plants, or objects... |
| 5 | English | the'e | Pronunciation spelling of there |
| 6 | English | there | In a place or location at some distance from the... |
| 7 | Old English | þær | there |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | þār | there |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þar | there, in that place |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tar- | there |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |