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Where does “fenix” come from?

fenix (Swedish) comes from Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍, from Egyptian fnḫw, from Egyptian fnḫ — carpenter, woodcutter.

fenix (Swedish): phoenix

Definitions

  1. phoenix

Ancestry of “fenix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinphoenīx—
2Ancient GreekΦοῖνιξPhoenician; Carthaginian
3Mycenaean Greek𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍—
4Egyptianfnḫwa people in Canaan or Syria, perhaps originally...
5Egyptianfnḫcarpenter, woodcutter
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