Where does “feeniks-lintu” come from?

feeniks-lintu (Finnish) comes from Finnish feeniks, from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.

feeniks-lintu (Finnish): phoenix

Definitions

  1. phoenix

Ancestry of “feeniks-lintu”, step by step

feeniks-lintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish feeniks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfeeniksphoenix
2Medieval Latinphenix
3Latinphoenīx
4Ancient GreekΦοῖνιξPhoenician; Carthaginian
5Mycenaean Greek𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍date palm?
6Egyptianfnḫwa people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally...
7Egyptianfnḫcarpenter, woodcutter

via Finnish lintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlintubird; poultry
2Proto-Finniclintubird
3Proto-Uralicluntabird; goose
Every word from Egyptian fnḫEvery word from Egyptian fnḫwEvery word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍