Jehan
Middle French
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Iohannes.
Proper noun
Jehan m
- a male given name, alternative form of Iehan
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *ʝoanes, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”). The initial -e- stem is a problematic/unusual change from Latin -o- in its morphological environment.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Proto-Gallo-Ibero-Romance" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ʝoˈan/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Early Old French" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /dʒeˈan/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Old French" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /dʒəˈan/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Late Old French" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ʒəˈan/
Proper noun
Jehan m (nominative singular Jehans)
- a male given name, equivalent to English John
Descendants
Categories:
- Middle French terms derived from Latin
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French proper nouns
- Middle French masculine nouns
- Middle French given names
- Middle French male given names
- Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Old French terms derived from Hebrew
- Old French terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old French lemmas
- Old French proper nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- Old French given names
- Old French male given names