Janet
‘a female proper name’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. gennit, genet, janett < Jane < F. jeanne + -et < O.F. -et, -ette < Vulgar Lat. -ittum / -itta < uht < -et < Tamil iṭṭu
janet
English words derived from iṭṭu connoting 'small'