The /v/ of Hebrew yavan supports the generally accepted reconstruction of the early form of the name of the Ionians. See: Jewish Language Review, Volume 3, Association for the Study of Jewish Languages, 1983, p. 89.
Nikolaev, Alexander S. (2006), "Ἰάoνες"Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Acta Linguistica Petropolitana, 2(1), pp. 100–115.
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bunbury, Edward Herbert; Hogarth, David George (1911). "Ionia". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 14 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 727–728.