new netherland northwest, , new england northeast.
most linguists dutch sources, noting extensive interaction between colonial dutch in new netherland (now largely new york, new jersey, delaware, , western connecticut) , colonial english in new england (massachusetts, rhode island, , eastern connecticut). michael quinion , patrick hanks argue term refers dutch feminine diminutive name janneke or masculine diminutive name janke, anglicized yankee due dutch pronunciation of j english y. quinion , hanks posit used nickname dutch-speaking american in colonial times , have grown include non-dutch colonists, well. alternatively, dutch given names jan ( john ; pronounced yan) , kees ( cornelius ; pronounced case) have long been common, , 2 combined single name (e.g., jan kees de jager). anglicized spelling yankee could, in way, have been used mock dutch americans. chosen name jan kees may have been partly inspired dialectal rendition of jan kaas ( john cheese ), generic nickname southern dutch used dutch people living in north.
the online etymology dictionary gives origin around 1683, when applied insultingly dutch americans (especially freebooters) english. linguist jan de vries notes there mention of pirate named dutch yanky in 17th century. life , adventures of sir launcelot greaves (1760) contains passage, haul forward thy chair again, take thy berth, , proceed thy story in direct course, without yawing dutch yanky. @ point reappropriated dutch settlers of new amsterdam started using against english colonists of neighboring connecticut.
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