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this is my own understanding of the transition. hopefully someone else will come by with a more scholarly answer, but until they do...

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John is Youkhanan in my language. Youkhanan -> Youhanan -> Youhan or Johann (J pron as Y) -> Iovan (like Giovanni) or Jovan -> Evan.

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also...Johann -> Jan (as Y) -> John.

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that is their relation to each other. :)