Where does “Yunani” come from?

Yunani (Malay) comes from Arabic يوناني, from Arabic اليُونَان, 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...

Yunani (Malay): Greek, relating to Greece, the Greek people, or the Greek language

Definitions

  1. Greek, relating to Greece, the Greek people, or the Greek language

Ancestry of “Yunani”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicيونانيGreek
2ArabicاليُونَانGreece
3Persianیونان—
4Ancient GreekἸωνίαIonia
5Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Yunani”

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