Talk:jänta

Any ideas on the ressemblance of the jiddisch yenta with the Scandinavian genta with Norwegian jente and Swedish jänta? The ressemblance seems so apparent that it can't be pure chance, or?.

Wikipedia states: "Yenta (pronounced [ˈjɛnta]) is a Yiddish female name. In the age of Yiddish theater, it started referring to a busybody or gossipmonger. The word has since become Yinglish (a Yiddish loanword in American Jewish English")

Wiktionary: jänta (From Old Norse genta, from gant (“‘joke, foolery’”)) cognate with Norwegian jente.


 * The etymology section of יענטע says nope, it's a coincidence. Bo Lindbergh (talk) 01:21, 9 June 2020 (UTC)