Yokel
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early 19th century: perhaps figuratively from dialect yokel ‘green woodpecker’.
wiktionary
1812, possibly from dialectal German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob, cf. Yankee (little John) and jacquerie (peasant uprising). Alternatively, from dialectal English yokel(“ woodpecker”). [1]
etymonline
yokel (n.)
1812, perhaps from dialectal German Jokel, disparaging name for a farmer, originally diminutive of Jakob. Or perhaps from English yokel, dialectal name for "woodpecker."
