Where does “ヤンキー座り” come from?
ヤンキー座り (Japanese) comes from Japanese ヤンキー, from English yankee, from Dutch Janke, from Dutch Jan, from Norwegian Bokmål Johannes, from Icelandic Jóhannes, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Latin Iōannēs.
ヤンキー座り (Japanese): "delinquents' squat"; a squatting position associated with delinquents
Definitions
- "delinquents' squat"; a squatting position associated with delinquents
Ancestry of “ヤンキー座り”, step by step
ヤンキー座り traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ヤンキー
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ヤンキー | Yankee; a delinquent youth who has bad manners,... |
| 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 Japanese 座り
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 座り | — |