Where does “փյունիկ” come from?

փյունիկ (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian փիւնիկ, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.

փյունիկ (Armenian): phoenix

Definitions

  1. phoenix

Ancestry of “փյունիկ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianփիւնիկphoenix
2Ancient GreekΦοῖνιξPhoenician; Carthaginian
3Mycenaean Greek𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍date palm?
4Egyptianfnḫwa people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally...
5Egyptianfnḫcarpenter, woodcutter
Every word from Egyptian fnḫEvery word from Egyptian fnḫwEvery word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍