Where does “forgatókönyvíró” come from?

forgatókönyvíró (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.

forgatókönyvíró (Hungarian): screenwriter, scriptwriter

Definitions

  1. screenwriter, scriptwriter

Ancestry of “forgatókönyvíró”, step by step

forgatókönyvíró traces back through two 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 forgatókönyv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianforgatókönyvscreenplay, scenario
2Hungarianforgató
3Hungarianforgatto rotate; to film, shoot
4Proto-Uralicpürke-turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European piHweryon-Every word from Proto-Celtic Φīweryū