Where does “főnixmadár” come from?
főnixmadár (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian főnix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.
főnixmadár (Hungarian): phoenix
Definitions
- phoenix
Ancestry of “főnixmadár”, step by step
főnixmadár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian főnix
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | főnix | phoenix |
| 2 | Latin | phoenīx | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Φοῖνιξ | Phoenician; Carthaginian |
| 4 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 | date palm? |
| 5 | Egyptian | fnḫw | a people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally... |
| 6 | Egyptian | fnḫ | carpenter, woodcutter |
via Hungarian madár
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | madár | bird, fowl |