Where does “اَلْيُونَان” come from?

اَلْيُونَان (Arabic) comes from Persian یونان, from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “اَلْيُونَان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianیونان—
2Ancient GreekἸωνίαIonia
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “اَلْيُونَان”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία →