Where does “irodalomtörténet” come from?
irodalomtörténet (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian irodalom, 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.
irodalomtörténet (Hungarian): literary history
Definitions
- literary history
Ancestry of “irodalomtörténet”, step by step
irodalomtörténet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian irodalom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | irodalom | literature |
| 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 |