Where does “gyorsírás” come from?
gyorsírás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian írás, 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.
gyorsírás (Hungarian): shorthand, stenography
Definitions
- shorthand, stenography
Ancestry of “gyorsírás”, step by step
gyorsírás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian írás
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | írás | verbal noun of ír, writing; script; tails,... |
| 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 |
via Hungarian gyors
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | gyors | rapid, quick, fast; express train, express |