Where does “fēnix” come from?

fēnix (Middle High German) comes from Old French fenix, from Medieval Latin phenix, from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.

Ancestry of “fēnix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfenixphoenix
2Medieval Latinphenix
3Latinphoenīx
4Ancient GreekΦοῖνιξPhoenician; Carthaginian
5Mycenaean Greek𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍date palm?
6Egyptianfnḫwa people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally...
7Egyptianfnḫcarpenter, woodcutter
Every word from Egyptian fnḫEvery word from Egyptian fnḫwEvery word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍