Talk:jitney

It is true that David L. Gold tentatively espoused the etymology involving the word jetnée (see the reference in footnote 8 of Wiki's article on the word jitney), but in a 35-page analysis, mentioned below, he later concluded that either jetnée was coined in 1915 (far too late for it to be the etymon of jitney, for which there is abundant dated evidence going back to  8 August 1886 -- see page 1 of Springfield Globe-Republic of that date for the so far earliest-known use of the word) or jetnée derives from jitney.

Gold, David L. 2018-2020. “Pursuing the origin of the American English informalism gitney ~ jitney: On the alleged Louisiana French word *jetnée and the fallacy of omne ignotum pro magnifico in etymological research.” Leuvense Bijdragen: Leuven Contributions in Linguistics and Philology. Vol. 102. Pp. 383 - 417.S. Valkemirer (talk) 00:09, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

The title of this article speaks for itself:

Gold, David L. 2021. “American English jitney ‘[any] American coin of low denomination’ < gittany ~ jittany ‘idem’ < Louisiana French *jetonnet *’idem’ = French jeton + diminutive suffix -et (A Study in English and French Etymology and Numismatics).” In: Literature is Comparative : Toute littérature est littérature comparée. Etudes de littérature et de linguistique offertes à Roy Rosenstein par ses collègues, ses disciples et ses amis. Textes recueillis par Danielle Buschinger, Martine Marzloff, Patricia Gillies et Marie-Geneviève Grossel. Amiens. Presses du Centre d’Etudes Médiévales de Picardie. Collection Médiévales no. 70. Pp. 232-243.S. Valkemirer (talk)