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Where does “népirtások” come from?

népirtások (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian népirtás, from Hungarian irtás, from Hungarian írt, from Hungarian ír, from German Ire, from English Irish, from Middle English Irisce, from Old English Īras — fat, milk.

népirtások (Hungarian): nominative plural of népirtás

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of népirtás

Ancestry of “népirtások”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannépirtásgenocide
2Hungarianirtásmassacre, slaughter, butchery; clearing
3Hungarianírtthird-person singular indicative past indefinite...
4Hungarianírto write; to burn; Irish
5GermanIreIrishman
6EnglishIrishThe Goidelic language indigenous to Ireland, also...
7Middle EnglishIrisce—
8Old EnglishĪrasIrishmen
9Old NorseÍrarIrishmen
10Old IrishÉriuIreland
11Primitive Irish*Īweriū—
12Proto-CelticΦīweryū—
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanpiHweryon-—
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk
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