Where does “népirtás” come from?
népirtás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian irtás, from Hungarian írt, from Hungarian ír, from German Ire, from English Irish, from Middle English Irisce, from Old English Īras, from Old Norse Írar — fat, milk.
népirtás (Hungarian): genocide
Definitions
- genocide
Ancestry of “népirtás”, step by step
népirtás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian irtás
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | irtás | massacre, slaughter, butchery; clearing |
| 2 | Hungarian | írt | third-person singular indicative past indefinite... |
| 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 |
via Hungarian nép
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | nép | people |