Where does “Foinikia” come from?

Foinikia (Finnish) comes from Latin Phoenīcia, from Ancient Greek Φοινίκη, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.

Foinikia (Finnish): Phoenicia

Definitions

  1. Phoenicia

Ancestry of “Foinikia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPhoenīciaThe star HD 192263 in the constellation Aquila
2Ancient GreekΦοινίκηPhoenicia
3Ancient GreekΦοῖνιξPhoenician; Carthaginian
4Mycenaean Greek𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍date palm?
5Egyptianfnḫwa people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally...
6Egyptianfnḫcarpenter, woodcutter

Words derived from “Foinikia”

Every word from Egyptian fnḫ →Every word from Egyptian fnḫw →Every word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 →