Where does “világirodalom” come from?
világirodalom (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian irodalom, 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.
világirodalom (Hungarian): world literature
Definitions
- world literature
Ancestry of “világirodalom”, step by step
világirodalom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian irodalom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | irodalom | literature |
| 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 |