Where does “finik” come from?

finik (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.

finik (Serbo-Croatian): date; date, date palm

Definitions

  1. date; date, date palm

Ancestry of “finik”, step by step

finik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΦοῖνιξPhoenician; Carthaginian
2Mycenaean Greek𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍date palm?
3Egyptianfnḫwa people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally...
4Egyptianfnḫcarpenter, woodcutter

via Greek φοίνικας

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekφοίνικαςpalm tree
Every word from Egyptian fnḫ →Every word from Egyptian fnḫw →Every word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 →