Editing Ionia (section)

==Etymology==
The [[etymology]] of the word {{lang|grc|Ἴωνες}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|Íōnes}}) or {{lang|grc|Ἰᾱ́ϝoνες}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|Iā́wones}}) is uncertain.<ref>[[Robert S. P. Beekes]], ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, p. 608 f.</ref> Various hypotheses have been proposed to explain its origins. [[Hjalmar Frisk|Frisk]] suggests that it stems from an unknown root, *''Ia''-, which would be pronounced as *''ya''-. There are several alternative hypotheses as well:

*The word may have originated from a [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] onomatopoeic root *''{{PIE|wi-}}'' or *''{{PIE|woi-}}'', which conveyed a shout made by individuals rushing to help others. Another proposition, put forth by [[Julius Pokorny|Pokorny]], suggests that *{{lang|grc-Latn|Iāwones}} could signify "devotees of Apollo," based on the cry {{lang|grc-Latn|iḕ paiṓn}} uttered in his worship; the god was also called {{lang|grc-Latn|iḕios}} himself.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indo-European Etymological Dictionary|url=http://www.indoeuropean.nl/index2.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927151807/http://www.indoeuropean.nl/index2.html|archive-date=27 September 2006|publisher=Leiden University, the IEEE Project}} In Pokorny's ''[[Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch]]'' (1959), p. 1176.</ref>
*The word may have derived from an early name associated with an unknown nation inhabiting an [[Eastern Mediterranean]] island. This population was referred to as {{lang|egy-Latn|[[wiktionary:ḥꜣw-nbwt|ḥꜣw-nbwt]]}} in ancient Egyptian, indicating the people residing in that region. However, the exact nature of this early name and its connection to the term {{lang|grc|Ἴωνες}} remains uncertain.<ref>{{cite book|last=Partridge|first=Eric|url=https://archive.org/details/originsshortetym0000part|title=Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English: Ionian|publisher=Greenwich House |year=1983|isbn=0-517-41425-2|location=New York|url-access=registration}}</ref>
*It may have come from a Proto-Indo-European root *''{{PIE|uiH-}}'', meaning "power."<ref>Nikolaev, Alexander S. (2006), [http://scholar.harvard.edu/nikolaev/publications/%E1%BC%B0%CE%AC%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%82 "Ἰάoνες"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052249/http://scholar.harvard.edu/nikolaev/publications/%E1%BC%B0%CE%AC%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%82 |date=4 March 2016 }}, ''Acta Linguistica Petropolitana'', '''2'''(1), pp. 100–115.</ref>
The term {{lang|grc|Ἰᾱ́ϝoνες}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|Iā́wones}}) in turn became the source for words for Greeks in many languages of the Near East, compare [[Aramaic]] {{lang|arc|𐡉𐡅𐡍𐡉𐡍}} (*{{lang|arc-Latn|Yawnayīn}}), [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] {{lang|he|[[wiktionary:יוון#Hebrew|יָוָן]]}} ({{lang|he-Latn|yāwān}}), [[Arabic]] {{lang|ar|[[wiktionary:يونان#Arabic|يُونَان]]}} ({{transliteration|ar|yūnān}}), [[Demotic (Egyptian)|Demotic Egyptian]] {{lang|egy-Latn|[[wiktionary:wynn#Demotic|wynn]]}} (/wəjˈniːn/) and [[Coptic language|Coptic]] {{lang|cop|[[wiktionary:ⲟⲩⲁⲓⲛⲓⲛ#Coptic|ⲟⲩⲁⲓⲛⲓⲛ]]}} ({{lang|cop-Latn|ouainin}}).