Where does “feniks” come from?
feniks (Polish) comes from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.
feniks (Polish): phoenix
Ancestry of “feniks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | phoenīx | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Φοῖνιξ | Phoenician; Carthaginian |
| 3 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 | — |
| 4 | Egyptian | fnḫw | a people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally... |
| 5 | Egyptian | fnḫ | carpenter, woodcutter |
Words derived from “feniks”