The Origin of the Ethnic Name “Ionian”
’Ιάονες ~ ’Ιάfονες was created by the Luwians in the 14th-8th centuries B.C.; <i>ia</i>-/’<i>i</i> Hebr. and Phoen. “island” + the Luwian ethnic suffix of origin —<i>wana</i>, -<i>wani</i>, i.e. “coming from an island or coastland”. Lydian *<i>i...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| In: | Annales Universitatis Scientiarum Budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvös nominatae. Sectio philologica Year: 1965, Volume: VI, Pages: 89-102 |
| KeiBi Identifier: | 28:393 |
| Summary: | ’Ιάονες ~ ’Ιάfονες was created by the Luwians in the 14th-8th centuries B.C.; <i>ia</i>-/’<i>i</i> Hebr. and Phoen. “island” + the Luwian ethnic suffix of origin —<i>wana</i>, -<i>wani</i>, i.e. “coming from an island or coastland”. Lydian *<i>iaš</i>>’ίος = “island”. With an analysis of the cuneiform sources to <i>Ia-a</i>’\ <i>Ia-ad-na-na</i>. |
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