Where does “jollette” come from?

jollette (Finnish) comes from Finnish jolla, from Swedish jolle, from Low Saxon jolle, from Middle Low German jolle — dinghy.

jollette (Finnish): if you not, unless you plural or polite

Definitions

  1. if you not, unless you plural or polite

Ancestry of “jollette”, step by step

jollette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jolla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjollaAdessive singular form of joka; if; dinghy
2Swedishjollea dinghy; a marijuana cigarette, a joint
3Low Saxonjolle—
4Middle Low Germanjolledinghy

via Finnish ette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishetteThe second-person plural form of the negative...
Every word from Middle Low German jolle →Every word from Low Saxon jolle →Every word from Swedish jolle →