Where does “kézirat” come from?
kézirat (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian irat, 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.
kézirat (Hungarian): manuscript
Definitions
- manuscript
Ancestry of “kézirat”, step by step
kézirat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian irat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | irat | document, papers |
| 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 |