1612: canaan and phoenician May 14, 2019

In the Bible, far and away the most used ethnic term to be found is 'Canaan(ite)'. The term 'Canaanite' is from the name given by its own peoples, but some people may be more familiar with the Greek derivative 'Phoenician' or the Latin-based 'Punics' as in the Punic Wars. Even though the names look different, they are are understood to come from words for 'purple', as this seafaring traders were best to some for their dies, such as Tyrian or "Royal" Purple from shell-based inks. Indeed, the Greeks and Romans did have a word for these people resembling the native one 'Χαναάν' (Khanaan) and 'Canaan' respectively, but the calques were more popular.
There will be more on this tomorrow, but you can read more on this people here.