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Honestly, the only thing I can think when I hear Sjaak is that it sounds like a comic-book sound effect (" 'Sjaak!' went the fork as it scraped against the ceramic plate." or something). But then again, I'm mentally pronouncing it with the sound of "Jacob" or "Gerald".
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This Dutch nickname for Jacob is derived from the French form Jacques.
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Sjaak is not a diminutive of Jacob but rather a short form of Dutch Jakob or an adaptation of French Jacques. The last theory sounds more likely to me because the initial sj- would be an attempt the mirror the French zh- sound. In some cases, the name Sjaak can also be derived from Izaäk, the Dutch version of Isaac. [noted -ed]
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