Where does “Aonian” come from?

Aonian (English) comes from English ān, from Middle English ān, from Old English ān, from Proto-West Germanic ain, from Proto-Germanic ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

Aonian (English): Pertaining to Aonia, or to the Muses, who were...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to Aonia, or to the Muses, who were...

Ancestry of “Aonian”, step by step

Aonian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishān
2Middle Englishāna, an indefinite article
3Old Englishānlonely; entirely alone, solitary, single; one
4Proto-West Germanicainone
5Proto-Germanicainazone; some
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via English Aonia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAoniapossibly Boeotia, or possibly the part of Boeotia containing the mountains Helicon and Cithaeron, and thus sacred to the Muses, whom Ovid calls the Aonides
2Ancient GreekἈονία
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos