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Polish
Etymology
From Jan + -ka, named after John the Evangelist. Compare Greater Polish świętojanka.
Pronunciation
Noun
janki nvir pl
- (Near Masovian) potatoes that mature around Saint John's day
Further reading
- Artur Gruszecki, editor (1887), “janki”, in “Słowniczek spod Zakroczymia”, in Wisła : miesięcznik geograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 317