The story
- Biblical Hebrew · derived fromיוֹנָה“dove”
- Koine Greek · derived fromἸωνᾶς
- Latin · borrowed fromIōnās
- English todayJonas
From Latin Iōnās, from Koine Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”). Doublet of Jonah.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.