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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianírópresent participle of ír; writing; writer
2Hungarianírto write; to burn; Irish
3GermanIreIrishman
4EnglishIrishThe Goidelic language indigenous to Ireland, also...
5Middle EnglishIrisce
6Old EnglishĪrasIrishmen
7Old NorseÍrarIrishmen
8Old IrishÉriuIreland
9Primitive Irish*Īweriū
10Proto-CelticΦīweryū
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanpiHweryon-
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk

via Hungarian név

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannévname; noun
2Proto-Uralicnimename

via Hungarian ál

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianálfalse, fake, sham, phoney, make-believe, bogus,...
2Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European piHweryon-Every word from Proto-Celtic Φīweryū