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Where does “gyorsírások” come from?

gyorsírások (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian gyorsírás, from Hungarian írás, from Hungarian ír, from German Ire, from English Irish, from Middle English Irisce, from Old English Īras, from Old Norse Írar — fat, milk.

gyorsírások (Hungarian): nominative plural of gyorsírás

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of gyorsírás

Ancestry of “gyorsírások”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariangyorsírásshorthand, stenography
2Hungarianírásverbal noun of ír, writing; script; tails,...
3Hungarianírto write; to burn; Irish
4GermanIreIrishman
5EnglishIrishThe Goidelic language indigenous to Ireland, also...
6Middle EnglishIrisce—
7Old EnglishĪrasIrishmen
8Old NorseÍrarIrishmen
9Old IrishÉriuIreland
10Primitive Irish*Īweriū—
11Proto-CelticΦīweryū—
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanpiHweryon-—
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk
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