Where does “irodaszék” come from?
irodaszék (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian iroda, 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.
irodaszék (Hungarian): office chair
Definitions
- office chair
Ancestry of “irodaszék”, step by step
irodaszék traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian iroda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | iroda | office |
| 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 szék
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | szék | chair; seat; board, court of law, tribunal |