Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 days agoNow that's an interesting questionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up11.19Karrow-down119
arrow-up11.17Karrow-down1imageNow that's an interesting questionlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareEnkrod@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 days agoThat is correct. Greek Iakóbos to Latin Iacobus to Jakobus to late latin Jacomus to early French Jammes to english James vs a more direct Yaaqob to Jacob or via Jakobus to Jacob This also explains why the short form of James is Jim, via french Jaime And how Jack and James and Jim and Jacob and Seamus and Thiego and Diego and Jaime and Giacomo, Iacopo and Hamish are all related.
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoLeave it to the French to simply ignore a whole syllable in the middle of the word.
minus-squareEnkrod@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoIt’s even worse when you remember that Jaime is pronounced Haime (from whence Hamish)
That is correct. Greek Iakóbos to Latin Iacobus to Jakobus to late latin Jacomus to early French Jammes to english James
vs a more direct Yaaqob to Jacob or via Jakobus to Jacob
This also explains why the short form of James is Jim, via french Jaime
And how Jack and James and Jim and Jacob and Seamus and Thiego and Diego and Jaime and Giacomo, Iacopo and Hamish are all related.
Leave it to the French to simply ignore a whole syllable in the middle of the word.
It’s even worse when you remember that Jaime is pronounced Haime (from whence Hamish)