Message: "JOHN" - Behind the Name

[Facts] JOHN

by arvanitika

7/27/2004, 11:45 AM

John, the english form come from the albanian one...but the origin is semitic...first Yahyah (semitic) ,then Greek-Yannis, Gjon (alb), giovanni, Jean, Jan or hans , John, Johan (german)...etc

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- Pavlos (guest) +1

7/28/2004, 3:52 AM

"Welcome back" Constantin/Kassandri/BibleRiot! I see you are still at it :P

- Miranda (Randee15)

7/28/2004, 4:12 AM

*Throws confetti* Woohoo!

You got to admit, though that his persistence is kind of amazing, baffling, and admirable. Isn't it a thing of beauty (even if it's highly annoying)? *Wipes away a tear*

Miranda

- Christo

7/28/2004, 12:30 AM

The version of Arvanitika seems to me ridiculous. The old Greek Johannes was borrowed to Latine (Johannes again) and, then from Latine to German Johan (Johannes, Hans), English John and Grench Jean.

No influence from new Greek (demotika Helenika) or Albanian (Arbanitika) is possible.

- Anneza (guest) +4

7/27/2004, 11:35 PM

Please explain clearly how contact between England and Albania led to the English starting to use the form "John", and why they did not do the boring thing and get it along with their Latin bibles when they became angelic Angles.

Or I shall be forced to conclude that ostriches also originate in Albania, and earn an honest living there sticking their heads in the sand.

- Pavlos (guest) +3

7/28/2004, 3:57 AM

You got it, Anneza!

*Everybody* knows that "ostrich" is derived from "Oesterreich" (Austria) which we all know was an *Albanish* province!!!

- Caprice (guest) +2

7/29/2004, 12:36 PM

Eucharisto, Pavlos!

Waaa haaa!

- arvanitika +1

7/31/2004, 12:16 AM

Gjon was the father of the Albanian patriot Skenderbeu (Iskander Beg "Lord Alexander"). The Albanian patriot name his child to Gjon after his father. All this was on the year 1400

- Pavlos (guest)

8/2/2004, 1:36 AM

Aha! That explains the total absence of the name *John* in the UK prior to 1400 :P

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