Where does “fönix” come from?

fönix (Icelandic) comes from Danish føniks, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.

fönix (Icelandic): phoenix

Definitions

phoenix

Ancestry of “fönix”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Danish	føniks	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

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