Where does “jóváír” come from?
jóváír (Hungarian) comes 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, from Primitive Irish *Īweriū — fat, milk.
jóváír (Hungarian): to credit, to enter some amount to someone or his/her credit (or)
Definitions
- to credit, to enter some amount to someone or his/her credit (or)
Ancestry of “jóváír”, step by step
jóváír traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian ír
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | ír | to write; to burn; Irish |
| 2 | German | Ire | Irishman |
| 3 | English | Irish | The Goidelic language indigenous to Ireland, also... |
| 4 | Middle English | Irisce | — |
| 5 | Old English | Īras | Irishmen |
| 6 | Old Norse | Írar | Irishmen |
| 7 | Old Irish | Ériu | Ireland |
| 8 | Primitive Irish | *Īweriū | — |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | Φīweryū | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | piHweryon- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peyH- | fat, milk |