English

joskin

Blend of Joss + bumpkin.

Proto-Indo-European *dyew- ‘sky, heaven’

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Latin deus ‘god’

Old Galician-Portuguese deus ‘God’

Portuguese deus ‘god’

Chinese Pidgin English joss

English Joss

Dutch boomken ‘shrub, little tree’

Today it means

noun A yokel, country bumpkin.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.