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Re: origins and meaning of Janssen
by Anneza (guest)
1/30/2003, 12:15 AM
in reply to a message by johnoe18
Johannes gives you John in English and Jan in northern Germanic languages like Dutch and the Scandinavian languages.-sen is just a way of writing -son (we don't actually pronounce the o sound, we just make a vague little noise called the neutral vowel, so in Scandinavia in particular they spell it with an e to show it's an unstressed syllable.Johnson is a common surname in English, and Janssen is the same - Jan's son!
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- Satu (guest)   +4
1/30/2003, 6:30 AM
In the northwest of Lower Saxony the name Jansen / Janssen is still the most common last name.to Anneza: In Germany, Norway and Sweden the "o" of the -son / -sson names is pronounced very clearly!Regards, Satu
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- Yahalome (guest)   +3
2/2/2003, 12:17 AM
'N th' Yoonit'd Stayts uv 'Mer'cuh, we d'nt pern'ns arr vow'ls ver' m'ch.
Y''l'm ;P
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- Satu (guest)   +2
2/3/2003, 1:49 PM
tht's wh t's s hrd t ndrstnd !St
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- Yahalome (guest)   +1
2/4/2003, 9:37 PM
Haha! Most Americans from the Northern states talk like they haven't a second to waste. Where're you from, Satu?
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- mjj (guest)
3/19/2003, 3:50 PM
does anyone know the coat of arms for the janssen family?
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