From later in the article: >Virtually all words are of Germanic origin. There are some possible explanations for this fact. The French component may have disap

From later in the article: >Virtually all words are of Germanic origin. There are some possible explanations for this fact. The French component may have disappeared by the time it was recorded, but the pidgin preserved its name. It is also possible that the Frenchmen who went there were actually Flemish-speaking fishermen from the area around Dunkerque, France.