Where does “történetírás” come from?
történetírás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian írás, 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.
történetírás (Hungarian): historiography the writing of history
Definitions
- historiography the writing of history
Ancestry of “történetírás”, step by step
történetírás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian írás
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | írás | verbal noun of ír, writing; script; tails,... |
| 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 |