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Another origin question
How did Jane come to be a feminine form of John? What about Joan?Miranda
By the way, I love Jane :-)
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I guess it went something like:
Johann -> Johanna -> Joanna -> Joan, and Johan -> John.
Also Jeannette (female from Jean which is a variant of John) became Janette, then Janet and in the end - Jane.
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