Where does “irodalomtörténészek” come from?
irodalomtörténészek (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian irodalomtörténész, from Hungarian irodalom, from Hungarian ír, from German Ire, from English Irish, from Middle English Irisce, from Old English Īras, from Old Norse Írar — fat, milk.
Ancestry of “irodalomtörténészek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | irodalomtörténész | literary historian |
| 2 | Hungarian | irodalom | literature |
| 3 | Hungarian | ír | to write; to burn; Irish |
| 4 | German | Ire | Irishman |
| 5 | English | Irish | The Goidelic language indigenous to Ireland, also... |
| 6 | Middle English | Irisce | — |
| 7 | Old English | Īras | Irishmen |
| 8 | Old Norse | Írar | Irishmen |
| 9 | Old Irish | Ériu | Ireland |
| 10 | Primitive Irish | *Īweriū | — |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | Φīweryū | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | piHweryon- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | peyH- | fat, milk |