Where does “írói álnév” come from?
írói álnév (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian író, from Hungarian ír, from German Ire, from English Irish, from Middle English Irisce, from Old English Īras, from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu — fat, milk.
írói álnév (Hungarian): pen name, nom de plume a fictitious name used by an author in place of their actual name
Definitions
- pen name, nom de plume a fictitious name used by an author in place of their actual name
Ancestry of “írói álnév”, step by step
írói álnév traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian író
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | író | present participle of ír; writing; writer |
| 2 | Hungarian | ír | to write; to burn; Irish |
| 3 | German | Ire | Irishman |
| 4 | English | Irish | The Goidelic language indigenous to Ireland, also... |
| 5 | Middle English | Irisce | — |
| 6 | Old English | Īras | Irishmen |
| 7 | Old Norse | Írar | Irishmen |
| 8 | Old Irish | Ériu | Ireland |
| 9 | Primitive Irish | *Īweriū | — |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | Φīweryū | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | piHweryon- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | peyH- | fat, milk |