Where does “yankee” come from?
yankee (Spanish) comes from Spanish yanqui, from English yankee, from Dutch Janke, from Dutch Jan, from Norwegian Bokmål Johannes, from Icelandic Jóhannes, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Latin Iōannēs.
yankee (Spanish): Alternative spelling of yanqui
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of yanqui
Ancestry of “yankee”, step by step